Thursday, March 24, at 10:00 A.M., the Glen Ellyn Historical Society Book Club convenes at Stacy’s Corners Store, 800 N. Main Street in Glen Ellyn. The featured book for the month of March is authored by Vincent Cannato and is titled, American Passage.
The Bookstore in downtown Glen Ellyn has purchased copies of the book for sale and if additional copies are needed, they would be happy to order them. The Glen Ellyn Library has copies of Cannato’s book and will order for the patron if the copies are checked out.
The following book selections are on the list of the Historical Society Book Club for 2011. Thursday, May 26, Doc by Mary Doria Russell, a murder mystery involving Doc Holiday and Dodge City in 1878. Thursday, July 28, Big Burn by Timothy Egan, history of the founding of our national parks and the U.S. Forest Service. Thursday, September 22, Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie, considered the greatest of all American urban novels. Thursday, November 17, Warmth of Other Suns, by Isabel Wilkerson, stories of rural Southerners who immigrated to big cities from their hometowns.
All interested readers are invited to attend the book club. Call 630-469-1867 for a reservation. Leaders are Glen Ellyn Historical Society members Kay Potenza, Suzanne Carty and Diane Saul.
