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SUMMARY:Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery 
LOCATION:Chevy Chase Library\nChevy Chase Library
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DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an author talk\, book signing and reception
  with Richard Bell\, author of Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slave
 ry and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home. Sponsor: FOL\, Chevy Chase.\nhttps:
 //mcpl.libnet.info/event/3693678
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>In celebration of Black History Month and 
 Library Lovers Month. This is a free event and all our welcome!</p>\n<p><e
 m>Stolen</em> is a gripping and true story about five boys who were kidnap
 ped in the North and smuggled into slavery in the Deep South--and their da
 ring attempt to escape and bring their captors to justice\, reminiscent of
  Twelve Years A Slave and Never Caught"-- Provided by publisher. <span sty
 le="text-decoration: underline\;"><strong>This title is available through 
 MCPL's catalog.&nbsp\;</strong></span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #000080
 \;"><strong>Mark your calendar and plan to join us for an evening with the
  author as he shares his new book's exciting story and important lessons w
 ith you. It's a story&mdash\;of kidnapping\, human trafficking\, and separ
 ated families&mdash\; that he says "feels woefully timely in our present c
 risis.&nbsp\;</strong></span></p>\n<p>Richard Bell is presently Associate 
 Professor of History at the University of Maryland. He holds a BA from the
  University of Cambridge and a Ph.D. from Harvard University. He has won m
 ore than a dozen teaching awards\, including the&nbsp\;2017 University Sys
 tem of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching\
 , the highest honor for teaching faculty in the Maryland state system. Bel
 l also has held major research fellowships at Yale\, Cambridge\, and the L
 ibrary of Congress and is the recipient of the National Endowment of the H
 umanities Public Scholar award. A frequent and dynamic speaker\, Bell is t
 he author of two books: <em><strong>We Shall Be No More: Suicide and Self-
 Government in the Newly United States</strong></em> and <em><strong>Stolen
 : Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home
 </strong></em>. <em>Stolen</em> was published in 2019.</p>\n<p><strong>Thi
 s event will include a meet and greet with light reception as well as book
  signing.</strong></p>\n<p><span style="color: #000080\;"><strong>*** This
  is event is sponsored by our Friends of the Library\, Chevy Chase Chapter
  ***</strong></span></p>\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/3693678
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