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Can you suggest places to search for an obscure book?

I've been searching for a self-published book (1964) for a while and I am striking out.  Do you folks have a recommendation on where I can look?  I've tried the obvious of eBay, AbeBooks, Amazon, WorldCat, etc.  I appreciate any leads you can help me with.

Home to the flowers – 1964

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Re: Can you suggest places to search for an obscure book?

Do a search on the internet.  Sometimes   a book will only show up somewhere on the internet...  and not a place where books are sold.

 

You might get information about the book.. or find a library where this book can be found

 

Many times  you will find information about the book and might eventually  find a book that is for sale.

 

When I do a search on the internet...  the search is done using the full title of the book and the author's name

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@elizabethgail wrote:

I've tried the obvious of eBay, AbeBooks, Amazon, WorldCat, etc. 


https://www.worldcat.org/title/home-to-the-flowers/oclc/13379676&referer=brief_results

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You might try contacting the Calhoun County Mississippi Genealogy and History Network  to see if they know how to locate a copy  : https://calhoun.msghn.org/

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@jeanpaulbooks wrote:

You might try contacting the Calhoun County Mississippi Genealogy and History Network  to see if they know how to locate a copy  : https://calhoun.msghn.org/


 

I found a web page from the Calhoun County Historical & Genealogical Society that is advertising a reprinted edition of the book. Scroll about halfway down this page:

 https://sites.rootsweb.com/~mscalhou/Publications&LookupsCCHGS.html

 

Looks like an old-style web page but at the bottom it says it was last updated in February 2017. So maybe not as old as it seems. The root page is a GenWeb site: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~mscalhou/

 

I'm not sure how this organization is related to the Network linked above. But it might be.

 

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