I was a page/shelver in a very conservative and rich area of LA. One day I’m shelving and I see Che Guevara’s field manual for guerrilla warfare. I went to see when it was last checked out: 15 years ago or so, as I recall. So I checked it out myself
1.) 'Cuz I really wanted to read it, and did.
2.) I wanted that book to stay on the shelf in that library, frequented by old white Republicans (and some genuinely cool old rich people too).
Like skr1, I like to buy certain obscure items at yard sales, library sales, etc. A couple years later, I’m browsing the cardboard boxes full of donated and weeded books at the Friends of the Library sale, and there it was: for 50 cents. Hell yea I bought it.
