John Steinbeck's hometown will close all of it's public libraries this summer in a cost cutting move in order to avoid raising taxes, making the blue-collar town of 150,000 the most populous U.S. city without a public library.
So now, if a citizen wants to read the Grapes of Wrath, or Cannery Row, or perhaps about life in Salinas as portrayed in East of Eden, he or she will just have to go to Barnes & Noble, or perhaps order it up from Amazon (except that the public access internet terminals at the library will be closed too).
It is not clear exactly where the John Steinbeck historical archives and the Steinbeck literature collection, which are a part of the public library, will go ... perhaps Ebay.
Chicago Sun-Times - Steinbeck's Hometown Closing Libraries
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