> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lawrence Kestenbaum
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 12:30 AM
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> Subject: Need Book Recommendation: Why We Preserve
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> 
> The subject line says it all: a law school classmate of mine 
> (talked with her at the recent reunion) wants a book that 
> makes the case for preservation being a good idea.  Not just 
> the economics but the philosophy.  I vaguely recall something 
> by Robert Sipe or Stipe?  Please advise.

Robert Stipe, editor, and my friend from down the road in Chapel Hill.
_The American Mosaic_ is probably the title you are thinking of; not
necessarily a "philosophy" but more a college level text for a broad
overview of the preservation movement in the U.S, which includes some
"why we do this." The original paean from the 60s that first
crystallized preservation philosophy (SAT question: ________ is to
preservation movement as "Silent Spring" is to environmental movement?)
in the U.S. is _With Heritage So Rich_.

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