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Book Discussions to Highlight Rivers of the Eastern Shore

August 21, 2024August 20, 2024Across Our Desk

EASTON, MD Calling all readers! This fall, ShoreRivers is offering two free opportunities to take an immersive journey into the history of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, exploring the role its rivers play in our way of life — then, now, and in the future. Scheduled for September 17 and October 17, 2024 this pair of special […]

American Presidents, North Korean Dictators, and the Elephants in the Room A Fictional Look at Real World Problems with Author Doug Norton

May 31, 2018May 30, 2018Across Our Desk

As a warship captain during the Cold War, Doug Norton held launch codes for nuclear weapons and was prepared to use them, but he also participated in high-stakes international negotiations to reduce their numbers and the chance of nuclear war. On Saturday, June 30th, 2018 Mr. Norton will visit Kent County Public Library’s Chestertown branch […]

Never Caught, the Story of One Slave’s Struggle For Freedom From George Washington, is the Topic a Washington College Goodfellow Lecture

February 19, 2018Across Our Desk

Erica Armstrong Dunbar, the Charles & Mary Beard Professor of History at Rutgers University, will visit Washington College on Tuesday, February 27, 2018 to discuss her book Never Caught: The Washington’s Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge. A finalist for the National Book Award, Never Caught tells the story of how one young […]