In "The Personal Librarian" authors Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray tell the story of Belle da Costa Greene, J. P. Morgan's personal librarian who hid her identity as a black woman to be accepted in New York City's high society. West Lafayette Public Library Director Nick Schenkel has the review.
Book Review: The Personal Librarian
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