STAFF
- Doug Wilson - owner and storyteller extraordinaire
- Jill - researcher and Doug’s better half
- Alan - divinity student and would be sorcerer
- Sarah - working on the theology of pit bulls
- Shelley - the right hand, and the left hand, of O’Gara & Wilson
History
O’Gara and Wilson traces its lineage back to 1882, when a Mr. Hewitt founded the original bookshop not far from our current location. Hewitt ran the store until the 1890’s, when it became Woodworth’s, a well-known establishment where generations of professors and students did their book buying. After Woodworth the store changed hands again before it was purchased by Joseph O’Gara. A true bookman, Mr. O’Gara, along with his pipe and his cat, Lady Jane Grey, made the store into what Saul Bellow once called the best bookstore in America. We are proud to be the current chapter of an ongoing story – it has been an exciting one so far.
Doug Wilson
The current owner of the store, Doug Wilson began his career as a book scout, selling to Mr. O'Gara in order to fund his own book-buying "habit". O'Gara quickly recognized his eye for books, and Wilson soon rose from apprentice to an integral part of the store. Now he, along with his wife Jill, proudly carry on the grand tradition of used bookselling.