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The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton by Jane Smiley

Date and Time: September 9, 2021, 6:30 PM CT

Location: Hutchinson Public Library, 901 N Main St, Hutchinson
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From the TALK series, Before the Civil War
Discussion Leader: Marilyn Klaus

Set mostly in the Kansas Territory shortly before the Civil War, narrator Lydia "Lidie" Harkness recounts her adventures while disguised as a boy, reporting for a proslavery newspaper, and helping a woman escape a plantation.

Sponsored by: Hutchinson Public Library

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For more information about this event, please contact:
Natasha Russell
(620) 663-5441
http://www.hutchpl.org

 

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