| Subject: | Blog post - "Agloe, the paper town stronger than fiction" |
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| Date: | Thu, 20 Feb 2014 01:00:20 +0000 |
| From: | Ratliff, Louise <[log in to unmask]> |
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An interesting citation from American
Libraries Direct:
643 - Agloe, the Paper Town Stronger
than Fiction
by Frank Jacobs
February 11, 2014, 7:17 PM
http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/643-agloe-the-paper-town-stronger-than-fiction
“Truth is stranger than fiction. Especially
if that truth is
caused
by fiction. Consider the strange case of Agloe, a place name
that started appearing on maps of New York State in the
1930s.”
Read on to learn about a cartographical
mystery!
Louise Ratliff
Louise Ratliff
Social Sciences and Map Catalog Librarian
UCLA Library Cataloging & Metadata
Center
11020 Kinross Ave.
Box 957230
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