TY - BOOK AU - Trumble,Kelly AU - Marshall,Robina MacIntyre TI - The Library of Alexandria SN - 0395758327 : AV - Z722.5 .T783 2003 U1 - 027.032 21 PY - 2003/// CY - New York PB - Clarion Books KW - Alexandrian Library KW - sears N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 68-69) and index; A city of learning -- Collecting books -- Pergamum -- Astronomy -- Geography -- Mathematics -- Medicine -- Decline and destruction -- The fate of the Library of Alexandria; Accelerated Reader; 7.3; 1 N2 - An introduction to the largest and most famous library in the ancient world, discussing its construction in Alexandria, Egypt, its vast collections, rivalry with the Pergamum Library, famous scholars, and destruction by fire UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hm031/2003000150.html ER -