The Regional Readers book group meets Tuesday, March 29 in the former JSF Conference Room (now Right Eye Graphics). Coffee and conversation at 2 p.m.; book discussion at 2:30 p.m.
The March selection is The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West by David McCullough. Pulitzer Prize-wining McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in the American story – the settling of the Northwest Territory by dauntless pioneers who overcame hardships to build a community based on ideals that would come to define our country. As part of the Treaty of Paris, in which Great Britain recognized the new United States of America, Britain ceded the land that comprised the immense Northwest Territory. A Massachusetts minister named Manasseh Cutler was instrumental in opening this vast territory to veterans of the Revolutionary War and their families for settlement. The law that opened the land to settlers included three remarkable conditions: freedom of religion, free universal education, and, most important, the prohibition of slavery. “A lively history of the Ohio River region in the years between the Revolution and the Civil War. Vintage McCullough and a book that students of American history will find captivating.” – Kirkus Reviews
The book group is open to all and new members are always welcome. We encourage suggestions for the 2022 reading list.
The Regional Readers book group meets Tuesday, March 29 in the former JSF Conference Room (now Right Eye Graphics). Coffee and conversation at 2 p.m.; book discussion at 2:30 p.m.
The March selection is The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West by David McCullough. Pulitzer Prize-wining McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in the American story – the settling of the Northwest Territory by dauntless pioneers who overcame hardships to build a community based on ideals that would come to define our country. As part of the Treaty of Paris, in which Great Britain recognized the new United States of America, Britain ceded the land that comprised the immense Northwest Territory. A Massachusetts minister named Manasseh Cutler was instrumental in opening this vast territory to veterans of the Revolutionary War and their families for settlement. The law that opened the land to settlers included three remarkable conditions: freedom of religion, free universal education, and, most important, the prohibition of slavery. “A lively history of the Ohio River region in the years between the Revolution and the Civil War. Vintage McCullough and a book that students of American history will find captivating.” – Kirkus Reviews
The book group is open to all and new members are always welcome. We encourage suggestions for the 2022 reading list.
