Events for April 28, 2015
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11:30 am
Discussion with Cokie Roberts on her newest work, Capital Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington 1848-1868
Continuing the journey she began in Founding Mothers and Ladies of Liberty, her New York Times bestsellers about the vital female contribution to the success of the American Revolution and our country's early years, Cokie Roberts explores the lives of Washington D.C.'s women during the upheaval of the Civil War to mark its Sesquicentennial (150-year anniversary). Cokie […]
Find out more »Discussion with Cokie Roberts on her newest work, Capital Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington 1848-1868
Continuing the journey she began in Founding Mothers and Ladies of Liberty, her New York Times bestsellers about the vital female contribution to the success of the American Revolution and our country's early years, Cokie Roberts explores the lives of Washington D.C.'s women during the upheaval of the Civil War to mark its Sesquicentennial (150-year anniversary). Cokie […]
Find out more »Discussion with Cokie Roberts on her newest work, Capital Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington 1848-1868
Continuing the journey she began in Founding Mothers and Ladies of Liberty, her New York Times bestsellers about the vital female contribution to the success of the American Revolution and our country's early years, Cokie Roberts explores the lives of Washington D.C.'s women during the upheaval of the Civil War to mark its Sesquicentennial (150-year anniversary). Cokie […]
Find out more »Discussion with Cokie Roberts on her newest work, Capital Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington 1848-1868
Continuing the journey she began in Founding Mothers and Ladies of Liberty, her New York Times bestsellers about the vital female contribution to the success of the American Revolution and our country's early years, Cokie Roberts explores the lives of Washington D.C.'s women during the upheaval of the Civil War to mark its Sesquicentennial (150-year anniversary). Cokie […]
Find out more »6:30 pm
Embattled Farmers: Revolutionary Soldiers from Lincoln, MA Co-sponsored by Old North Church
In his meticulously researched and award-winning book, Embattled Farmers, Richard Wiggin has documented the diverse experiences of 256 ordinary men from one Massachusetts town who served on both sides of the Revolutionary War. In this lecture, Mr. Wiggin will discuss the perspectives of these men themselves – farmers, merchants, African-American slaves and others who held a […]
Find out more »Embattled Farmers: Revolutionary Soldiers from Lincoln, MA Co-sponsored by Old North Church
In his meticulously researched and award-winning book, Embattled Farmers, Richard Wiggin has documented the diverse experiences of 256 ordinary men from one Massachusetts town who served on both sides of the Revolutionary War. In this lecture, Mr. Wiggin will discuss the perspectives of these men themselves – farmers, merchants, African-American slaves and others who held a […]
Find out more »Embattled Farmers: Revolutionary Soldiers from Lincoln, MA Co-sponsored by Old North Church
In his meticulously researched and award-winning book, Embattled Farmers, Richard Wiggin has documented the diverse experiences of 256 ordinary men from one Massachusetts town who served on both sides of the Revolutionary War. In this lecture, Mr. Wiggin will discuss the perspectives of these men themselves – farmers, merchants, African-American slaves and others who held a […]
Find out more »Embattled Farmers: Revolutionary Soldiers from Lincoln, MA Co-sponsored by Old North Church
In his meticulously researched and award-winning book, Embattled Farmers, Richard Wiggin has documented the diverse experiences of 256 ordinary men from one Massachusetts town who served on both sides of the Revolutionary War. In this lecture, Mr. Wiggin will discuss the perspectives of these men themselves – farmers, merchants, African-American slaves and others who held a […]
Find out more »7:00 pm
Fannie Howe Reads at the Grolier Poetry Book Shop
Fanny Howe is the author of more than thirty books of poetry and prose, including Come and See,The Lyrics, and The Winter Sun: Notes on a vocation. "If someone is alone reading my poems, I hope it would be like reading someone's notebook. A record. Of a place, beauty, difficulty. A familiar daily struggle," Fanny Howe explained […]
Find out more »Fannie Howe Reads at the Grolier Poetry Book Shop
Fanny Howe is the author of more than thirty books of poetry and prose, including Come and See,The Lyrics, and The Winter Sun: Notes on a vocation. "If someone is alone reading my poems, I hope it would be like reading someone's notebook. A record. Of a place, beauty, difficulty. A familiar daily struggle," Fanny Howe explained […]
Find out more »Fannie Howe Reads at the Grolier Poetry Book Shop
Fanny Howe is the author of more than thirty books of poetry and prose, including Come and See,The Lyrics, and The Winter Sun: Notes on a vocation. "If someone is alone reading my poems, I hope it would be like reading someone's notebook. A record. Of a place, beauty, difficulty. A familiar daily struggle," Fanny Howe explained […]
Find out more »Fannie Howe Reads at the Grolier Poetry Book Shop
Fanny Howe is the author of more than thirty books of poetry and prose, including Come and See,The Lyrics, and The Winter Sun: Notes on a vocation. "If someone is alone reading my poems, I hope it would be like reading someone's notebook. A record. Of a place, beauty, difficulty. A familiar daily struggle," Fanny Howe explained […]
Find out more »Did You Know?
Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.