Thursday, February 28, 6PM
Author and historian Ron Elliott turns his attention the local area in his new book American El Dorado, which tells the story of Hardin County native Philip Arnold, who turned the Gold Rush to his benefit in 1872, successfully swindling people out of nearly $500,000 with an elaborate hoax.
Jeffrey & Jeanne Suchanek
Thursday, March 28, 6PM
Join the authors for a special Women’s History Month author program. They will discuss his book Star-Spangled Hearts: American Women Veterans of World War II, which is a collection of oral histories of women who served in various capacities during World War II.
Thursday, April 11, 6PMLocal
TV personality Barry Bernson discusses his Bernson's
Corner: A Reporter's Notebook,
which recounts his 47 years in broadcast journalism.
May 18, 3PM
May, 9, 6 PM
Tanya Biank, the
nationally known author of Army Wives: The Unwritten Code of Military
Marriage, visits Fort Knox as part of Spouse Appreciation Month. Her newest book, Undaunted: The Real
Story of America's Servicewomen in Today's Military, will be published
February, 2013. Her work is acclaimed by
Army spouses for its realistic, unflinching, and inspiring look at being a
member of a military family. In addition
to her work drawing critical acclaim of major national newspapers, Booklist, and
Publishers' Weekly, Army Wives was adapted into the long-running
television series broadcast by the Lifetime network.
May 18, 3PM
Nathaniel Philbrick visits on Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 18, 3 PM. He's a
National Book Award winner and the author of the
New York Times bestsellers In The Heart of the Sea, Mayflower and
The Last Stand. He will discusses and sign Bunker Hill, which
tells the tale of the Boston battle that touched off the American
Revolution.
In addition to Philbrick’s
National Book Award for In The Heart of the Sea, Mayflower was
recognized as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in history.
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