BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Columbus Metropolitan Library X-WR-CALNAME:Columbus Metropolitan Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a062396c-8bd0-4454-8e42-d839eb3b415a SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20261105T023812Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261216T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261216T203000 SUMMARY:Beverly Gage LOCATION:Main Library\nMain Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Main Library;X-APPLE-RADIU S=10;X-TITLE=Main Library:geo:39.9613728,-82.9893821 GEO:39.9613728;-82.9893821 DESCRIPTION:Join Pulitzer prize-winning historian Beverly Gage\, along wit h a panel of experts\, to discuss her road trip book through American hist orical sites..\nhttps://columbus.libnet.info/event/17814663 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Authors at the Library with BEVER LY GAGE

Wednesday\, December 16 | 6:30 p.m.
Auditorium | Main Library | 96 S. Grant Ave.\n
5:30 p.m. | \;Seating opens\, Book sale by Th e Book Loft
6:30 p.m. | Book Discussion \;with A uthor Beverly Gage \;
6:50 p.m. | \;Moderate d \;Q&\;A with panel of experts
7:30 p.m. | B ook sale and signing
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ABOUT THE AUTHO R
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Beverly Gage teaches American hi story at Yale. Her book G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making o f the American Century received the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Bio graphy\, the Bancroft Prize in American History\, the National Book Critic s Circle Award for Biography\, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Biography. She is also the author of The Day Wall Street Exploded: A Story of America in its First Age of Terror< span>\, and writes for numerous journals and magazines\, including The New Yorker\, The New York Times\, and The Washington Post.
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ABO UT THE BOOK
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Rid e along with Pulitzer Prize&ndash\;winning historian Beverly Gage as she t ravels the country to see the museums\, historic sites\, roadside attracti ons\, reenactments\, and souvenir shops where Americans learn&mdash\;and f ight&mdash\;about our history. From the birth of the nation in Philadelphi a to Disneyland and the California dream\, This Land Is Your La nd offers a guided tour of thirteen places and thirteen key mom ents that define America&rsquo\;s greatest successes and challenges.

The year 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the Declar ation of Independence\, a document that proclaimed the liberty and equalit y of all human beings\, but produced a country that often failed to agree upon&mdash\;or live up to&mdash\;those ideals. This Land Is You r Land is for everyone who wants to find that history&mdash\;to experience it and confront it\, to celebrate it and condemn it&mdash\;in the places where it happened.

Gage shows that Amer icans can face their past and still love their country. Toss the book in t he back seat&mdash\;or listen on audio with the windows down&mdash\;and jo in the journey.
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ABOUT THE PANEL
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Woody Hayes Chair in National Security Studies\, Professor of History \, and Faculty Chair of OSU's America250 Initiative\, Christopher McKnight Nichols \;
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Associate Professor of History Hasan Jeffries
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Professor of History Bar t Elmore
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Assistant Professor of History Mar&iac ute\;a Esther Hammack
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EVENT DETAILS
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The event is free to the public but due to limited seating reg istration is requested.
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Beverly's books\, as well as books by the other panelists\, will be sold on site by The Book Loft.
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Parking a vailable in Main Library's attached garage\, while available.
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This author talk is presented in collaboration with The Ohio State Univers ity\, The OSU History Department\, the \;Yale Club of Central Ohio and the America 250-Ohio Commission.
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