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Film, Video A Brief History of the National Book Festival

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About this Item

Title

  • A Brief History of the National Book Festival

Summary

  • Authors Louis Bayard, Maureen Corrigan and David Ignatius join Library staff and volunteers to tell the story of the festival, its origins and how it has grown and changed throughout the years. This video was produced as a special project by Daniel Baxter and Kellie Shanaghan, two students who participated in the Library of Congress Junior Fellows Summer Intern Program in 2018, the 18th year of the National Book Festival.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • National Book Festival (U.S.), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2018-08-15.

Headings

  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  Education
  • -  Literature

Notes

  • -  Classification: Language and Literature.
  • -  Various.
  • -  Recorded on 2018-08-15.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021692225

Online Format

  • video
  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and U.S National Book Festival. A Brief History of the National Book Festival. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -08-15, 2018. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021692225/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & National Book Festival, U. S. (2018) A Brief History of the National Book Festival. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -08-15. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021692225/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and U.S National Book Festival. A Brief History of the National Book Festival. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -08-15, 2018. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021692225/>.