[3] October 22, 2012
Thomas Jefferson may be the most beloved of our Founding Fathers. So, after devoting the last few years to researching this monumental figure, how does historian Henry Wiencek feel about his subject?
[3] Thomas Jefferson may be the most beloved of our Founding Fathers. So, after devoting the last few years to researching this monumental figure, how does historian Henry Wiencek feel about his subject?
[5] In 1951, as Kansas City was recovering from a devastating flood [6], Hallmark founder Joyce Hall asked Norman Rockwell to create an image that would forever capture the Kansas City Spirit.
[8] “It’s been an incredible journey.” That’s how Jamal Joseph describes his life, and nobody is likely to contradict him. He speaks about his memoir Panther Baby on Friday, September 21, 2012 [9], at 6:30 p.m. at the Plaza Branch.
[11] David Thomson, regarded by many as our finest writer about cinema, introduces and talks about the history of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest [12], the monster hit of 1975, on Monday, September 10, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. at the Plaza Branch.
[14] Non Fiction is good when it comes to facts. Fiction is most effective when it comes to feelings. These truths come up frequently in Watergate [15], Thomas Mallon’s novel about the political scandal that brought down a president.
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/KC%20Unbound/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/historian-henry-wiencek-talks-about-thomas-jefferson-and-his-slaves
[4] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/historian-henry-wiencek-talks-about-thomas-jefferson-and-his-slaves#comments
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/video-whats-kansas-city-spirit
[6] http://www.kchistory.org/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/1951
[7] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/18382#comment-form
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/library-interview-jamal-joseph
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/event/jamal-joseph-panther-baby
[10] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/18105#comment-form
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/library-interview-david-thomson
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/event/david-thomson-milos-forman-finding-nest
[13] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/18053#comment-form
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/thomas-mallon-presents-watergate-august-9
[15] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Thomas+Mallon%22+title:%22Watergate%22
[16] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/17809#comment-form
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10499
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10499?page=2
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10499?page=3
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10499?page=4
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10499?page=5
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10499?page=6
[23] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10499?page=7
[24] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10499?page=8
[25] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10499?page=15