Project Gutenberg, Google Books and the Internet Archive have been incredibly valuable to historians. I’ve personally downloaded hundreds of old books in pdf form, that I’ve been able to read, highlight, annotate, and link to my own documents, to enrich my research and improve my understanding of the past. Google has been places I can’t afford to go and has scanned books that 25 years ago I probably wouldn’t have known existed. And the ability to “mine” all these old texts with keyword searches means that I can use a wide variety of sources for a project like my search for all the
An interesting find about the "pocket book." I just started reading a novel about old books: The Echo of Old Books - "A novel about the magical lure of books and summoning the courage to rewrite our stories by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Keeper of Happy Endings and The Last of the Moon Girls."
I join you in love of old books, Dan. Great treasures. In my search for history of times in which ancestors lived, old books have provided helpful descriptions of life way back….. one also a bit of new knowledge about an ancestor!
An interesting find about the "pocket book." I just started reading a novel about old books: The Echo of Old Books - "A novel about the magical lure of books and summoning the courage to rewrite our stories by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Keeper of Happy Endings and The Last of the Moon Girls."
https://www.amazon.com/Echo-Old-Books-Novel-ebook/dp/B0B9RNFT4S/ref=sr_1_35?crid=1EAS24USSYRWG&keywords=OLD+BOOK+BOOK&qid=1706245452&sprefix=old+book+book%2Caps%2C98&sr=8-35
A little book story to pass around for sure...
I join you in love of old books, Dan. Great treasures. In my search for history of times in which ancestors lived, old books have provided helpful descriptions of life way back….. one also a bit of new knowledge about an ancestor!
Thanks for a great read.
A wonderful example, Dan!