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SUMMARY:Lincoln at the Library
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DESCRIPTION:Hear the story of how Tonya McQuade’s new book\, A Stat
 e Divided: The Civil War Letters of James Calaway Hale and Benjamin Petree
  of Andrew County\, Missouri\, came to be..\nhttps://acpl.libnet.info/even
 t/16971766
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>On October 28\, 2026\, at 6:30 PM\, the Al
 len County Public Library is hosting Tonya McQuade via Zoom.</p>\n<p></p>\
 n<p>Hear the story of how Tonya McQuade&rsquo\;s new book\, A State Divide
 d: The Civil War Letters of James Calaway Hale and Benjamin Petree of Andr
 ew County\, Missouri\, came to be. It&rsquo\;s the story of what happens w
 hen someone contacts you on Ancestry.com\, offering you a box of old famil
 y letters rescued from a garbage heap\, and suddenly your life trajectory 
 changes. In this latest installment of the Allen County Public Library&rsq
 uo\;s Lincoln at the Library program series\, Tonya McQuade presents &ldqu
 o\;When Family History Research Leads to a Box of Civil War Letters and Wr
 iting a Book.&rdquo\; Join this free program via Zoom on October 28\, 2026
 \, at 6:30 PM ET.<br /><br />Tonya Graham McQuade is the author of A State
  Divided: The Civil War Letters of James Calaway Hale and Benjamin Petree 
 of Andrew County\, Missouri\, 1862-65\, and is a contributing writer to th
 e Emerging Civil War website. She has a love for both history and historic
 al fiction\, as well as a passion for travel and writing\, both of which s
 he is now pursuing more fully since retiring &ndash\; after 36 years &ndas
 h\; from teaching English at Los Gatos High School. A longtime resident of
  San Jose\, California\, Tonya is an active member of Emerging Civil War\,
  South Bay Civil War Round Table\, South Bay Writers/California Writers Cl
 ub\, National League of American Pen Women\, and Poetry Center San Jose. S
 he earned B.A. degrees in English and Communication Studies\, as well as a
  Single Subject Teaching Credential in English\, from the University of Ca
 lifornia\, Santa Barbara\, and later earned her M.A. in Educational Leader
 ship from San Jose State University. You can learn more about Tonya on her
  website at tonyagrahammcquade.com.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Registration is requi
 red</p>\n<p>For questions\, contact <a href="mailto:Lincoln@acpl.info">Lin
 coln@acpl.info</a></p>\n<p>Lincoln at the Library is sponsored by the Frie
 nds of the Allen County Public Library</p>\nhttps://acpl.libnet.info/event
 /16971766
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