Americans in Paris battle over literary treasure

Charles Davis Sent along
This Independent Story on The American Library in Paris, which they say is one of the city\’s more obscure cultural jewels – undeservedly obscure.
The library has the
biggest collection of English-language books in Europe, outside
Britain. Now a heated dispute between the library\’s
trustees and a group of its members over stealthy plans to
merge the library with the ambitious and expansive American
University next door has caused a ruckous.