Wednesday, March 4th 2020
6:00 PM - 7:30 PMThe first Wednesday of every month
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Love history? Love reading about it? Does meeting and discussing books with people of similar interests sound like a great way to spend an hour or two? Then come to Lancaster Public Library’s History Book Club. The titles selected will be written by eminent historians and will also be eminently readable. They can cover any country or era. You will help decide future selections. The History Book Club meets the first Wednesday of the month at 6pm.
2020 Book Selections
Jan. 8: The Fortunes of Africa: A 5000-year history of wealth, greed, and endeavor / Martin Meredith
Feb. 5: The Pioneers: The heroic story of the settlers who brought the American ideal west / David McCullough
Mar. 4: The Black Diaspora: Five Centuries of the Black Experience Outside Africa / Ronald Segal
Apr. 1: Leadership in Turbulent Times / Doris Kearns Goodwin
May 6: The Impeachers: The trial of Andrew Johnson and the dream of a just nation / Brenda Wineapple
June 3: The Johnstown Flood / David McCullough
July 1: The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century / Scott Miller
Aug. 5: The World Remade / G.J.Meyer
Sep. 2: Stalin: The court of the Red Tsar / Simon Montefiore
Oct. 7: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A history of Nazi Germany / William Shirer
Nov. 4: Franklin and Winston: An intimate portrait of an epic friendship / Jon Meacham
Dec. 2: Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA / Tim Weiner
Please pay all outstanding library fines before attending library programs.
Location Details
Lancaster City Branch
125 North Duke Street
Lancaster, PA