Doris Kearns Goodwin
Doris Kearns Goodwin
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the Emmet O’Neal Library is hosting Pulitzer Prize winning author and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin on Sept. 12. Tickets will for the event are now available.
A few of her many New York Times bestselling titles include The Bully Pulpit, Team of Rivals and No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. The ticketed event will kick off with a reception followed by a talk and signing. Copies of Goodwin’s books will be available to purchase.
Also as a part of the anniversary celebration, the library is holding a contest for kids and adults who have read 50 books since November 2014. More information on it is available at the second floor reference desk. The Children’s Department dressing up from different decades of the last fifty years. Have your photograph made in our special photo booth and enter our contest.
Also to commemorate the library’s 50th, adults and kids can participate in a contest if they have read 50 books since November 2014. In the Children’s Department, kids can dress up from different decades of the last 50 years, have their photograph made in a special photo booth and enter to win prizes.
Tickets for the Goodwin event are $50. For more information, call the Reference Desk at 445-1121.
