Carol Highsmith and Ted Landphair's book: The Library of Congress: America Memory has a very rich text and colorful photographs which brings the readers to the inside of the world largest library. It takes the reader to the collections and architecture of the LC. It is a wonderful "tour guide" books of the Library of Congress, such as the more than 535 miles of book shelves, the first comic books, The Yellow Kids, etc. It is very informative.
However, .... there are something missing.
This book includes a brief history of the Library of Congress. I did not realize that the Library has been twice burned down. It was told in this book; however it did not tell the readers when, where, and why the Library was burned down. It might be the authors' intention to elaborate the history in this way so that the readers will do a further research. Here is the answer:
The Nassau Hall of the Library was twice burned down in 1802 and 1855. It was restored in 1856.
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