# The Efficient, Inventive (Often Annoying) Melvil Dewey

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- Authors: [Alexis O’Neill](https://www.bookquiver.com/alexis-oneill), [Edwin Fotheringham](https://www.bookquiver.com/edwin-fotheringham)
- Publisher: calkins_creek
- ISBN: 978-16-8437-198-3
- Pages: 40
- Published: 2020-11-10
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

Who was Melvil Dewey? Learn how Dewey's love of organization and words drove him to develop and implement his Dewey Decimal system, leaving a significant and lasting impact in libraries across the country....