One County Read - Allen Eskens
The Redwood County libraries, Lamberton, Morgan, Redwood Falls and Wabasso, will cooperate to present a county-wide read featuring the book, 'The Life We Bury' by Allen Eskens. Eskens will appear at each library to speak about his journey becoming a writer and how his fictional work was partially influenced by his real life work as a lawyer.
30 participated
Individual attitudes and feelings may change about PTSD and Vietnam veterans. Participants will learn about the Vietnam War through the first hand account of a Vietnam veteran. Knowledge of the Vietnam War will be gained from viewing the actual artifacts of the Minnesota Military Vietnam Traveling Trunk.
Unfortunately the program fell victim to a late spring blizzard in the area and we were unable to cancel it in time to reschedule. We distributed 30 copies of the book and the participants who read the author's book prior to the scheduled program did appreciate it and were looking forward to visiting with him and hearing his presentation so in that sense the overall program was a success. Twelve copies of the book were reserved to form a book club kit that will be available to all patrons of the library system.
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