We all know that bookstores are an endangered species, independent bookstores more so. So when I discovered four bookstores in a single Seattle block last summer, I felt I had stumbled into a world lost in time. Yes Seattle, home of Amazon, which has been accused of putting more than a few brick-and-mortar establishments out of business, although Seattle is also home to such businesses as Elliott Bay Books (the Emerald City's version of Powell's Books). So let me tell you my story of stumbling across this lost world below the orange flourish.
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