Extollager
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Victoria Silverwolf wrote, "We had some time to kill so we went to the one halfway decent used book store in the Chattanooga area."
Here's a thread for you to praise great villages, towns, cities as places to find used books, and also to grouse about municipalities that ought to be ashamed of themselves for the paltriness of their bookstores.
I'll continue the discussion by praising Portland, Oregon, at least as it was around 1980. There was not only Powell's great store but good sources. I used to rise the 'hound from Seaside, where I was a secondary school teacher, to Portland about once a month and fill a backpack with books. (Yes, I did pay for them.) I know Powell's is still there -- in fact has several stores in the Portland area.
Here's a thread for you to praise great villages, towns, cities as places to find used books, and also to grouse about municipalities that ought to be ashamed of themselves for the paltriness of their bookstores.
I'll continue the discussion by praising Portland, Oregon, at least as it was around 1980. There was not only Powell's great store but good sources. I used to rise the 'hound from Seaside, where I was a secondary school teacher, to Portland about once a month and fill a backpack with books. (Yes, I did pay for them.) I know Powell's is still there -- in fact has several stores in the Portland area.