Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2022-10-18 Public domain in the USA. 230 Brent, Stuart 1912 2010 62008119 The seven stairs $aUnited States :$bHoughton Mifflin Company,$c1962. Guus Snijders, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "The Seven Stairs" by Stuart Brent is a memoir written in the early 1960s. The book recounts the author's journey as an aspiring book dealer in Chicago, detailing both his challenges and successes in the world of books and records. It captures the essence of his love for literature while reflecting on the complexities of running a small independent bookstore. The opening of the memoir introduces us to the narrator's dreams and aspirations as he attempts to establish the Seven Stairs Book and Record Shop in Chicago shortly after World War II. It describes the initial hardships faced, including the solitude of running a shop with few customers, and the emotional turmoil of wanting to succeed in a business of which he had limited knowledge. On his first day, desolation reigns as the room is filled with silence, but a glimmer of hope arrives when his first customer enters the shop, leading to a small yet significant sale. This sets the tone for Brent's narrative, revealing his passion for books and the obstacles he must overcome as he navigates both the practicalities of owning a business and the depth of human connection through literature. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015023551420 20190904034059brent 1962 US Reading ease score: 72.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Brent, Stuart, 1912-2010 Booksellers and bookselling -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century Booksellers and bookselling -- United States -- Biography Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century Z Text Category: Biographies Category: American Literature Category: Business/Management 389845 2025-07-27T10:36:43.443763 text/html 366743 2024-10-19T01:27:49 text/html 206207 2025-07-27T10:36:49.841717 application/epub+zip 209492 2025-07-27T10:36:44.965746 application/epub+zip 209491 2025-07-27T10:36:44.082735 application/epub+zip 315418 2025-07-27T10:36:53.633719 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 286631 2025-07-27T10:36:49.173727 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 340981 2025-07-27T10:36:42.710766 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 321042 2024-10-19T01:27:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16580 2025-07-27T10:36:53.829696 application/rdf+xml 12607 2025-07-27T10:36:44.171774 image/jpeg 2048 2025-07-27T10:36:44.127763 image/jpeg 191219 2025-07-27T10:36:43.476748 application/octet-stream application/zip