The West Virginia Center for the Book will host Charleston author Jim Wallace on Friday, November 16th at Noon in the Library Commission's State Library in the State Culture Center. Wallace will be discussing and autographing his new book "A History of the West Virginia Capitol: The House of State." Bring a brown-bag lunch and we will provide drinks/dessert. Please join us!
November's Capitol Read is Rocket Boys: A Memoir by Homer H. Hickam, Jr.
The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir that inspired the film October Sky, Rocket Boys is a uniquely American memoir—a powerful, luminous story of coming of age at the dawn of the 1960s, of a mother's love and a father's fears, of a group of young men who dreamed of launching rockets into outer space . . . and who made those dreams come true.
With the grace of a natural storyteller, NASA engineer Homer Hickam paints a warm, vivid portrait of the harsh West Virginia mining town of his youth, evoking a time of innocence and promise, when anything was possible, even in a company town that swallowed its men alive. A story of romance and loss, of growing up and getting out, Homer Hickam's lush, lyrical memoir is a chronicle of triumph—at once exquisitely written and marvelously entertaining.
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Do we still need the Electoral College? was the question under discussion today when Dr. Tera McCown of the University of Charleston came to the West Virginia Library Commission. The lunchtime discussion was well-attended and lively.
For more information about the Electoral College and other election-related resources check out the NARA Federal Register and U.S. Electoral College homepage website.
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October's Capitol Read is The Memory of Old Jack by Wendell Berry
In a rural Kentucky river town, "Old Jack" Beechum, a retired farmer, sees his life again through the shades of one burnished day in September 1952. Bringing the earthiness of America's past to mind, The Memory of Old Jack conveys truth and integrity of the land and the people who live from it. Through the eyes of one man can be seen the values Americans strive to recapture today.
More information about Capitol Reads selections can be found on the WVLC website.
The West Virginia Library Commission screened the film "The Day They Came to Arrest the Book" to wrap up Banned Books Week. The film, though 25 years old, is surprisingly modern and relevant.
Check to see if your local library has a copy of the film. You can also view it on YouTube.
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