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appalachiablue

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3. I found a clip of the film See #2, quite interesting. When

Reply to unc70 (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 16, 2019, 01:19 PM

Nov 2019

I first visited the bookstore in the early 80s he was the operator. A decade later in San Francisco I saw City Lights as well.

It's fine that he invited so many guests, 'tumbleweeds' to stay over at the store for many years and he lived a long life until age 98.

Thanks for mentioning Whitman, I saw many articles about him online when researching the store.

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100 Years of Shakespeare & Company Bookstore In Paris [View all] appalachiablue Nov 2019 OP

Portrait of a Bookstore as an Old Man unc70 Nov 2019 #1

I found a clip of the film See #2, quite interesting. When appalachiablue Nov 2019 #3

Film, "Portrait of A Bookstore As An Old Man," 2003 (Clip) appalachiablue Nov 2019 #2

A talk with manager Sylvia Beach Whitman, daughter of George, 2010 appalachiablue Nov 2019 #4