BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN
NAME:Bettendorf Public Library
X-WR-CALNAME:Bettendorf Public Library
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:aaf3a7ab-ef7d-44fa-9ea1-5bed6032562d
SEQUENCE:0
DTSTAMP:20260716T030849Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200916T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200916T203000
SUMMARY:Contemporary Books Discussion Group
LOCATION:Bettendorf Public Library\nBettendorf Public Library
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Bettendorf Public Library;
 X-APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Bettendorf Public Library:geo:41.55282,-90.50083
 05
GEO:41.55282;-90.5008305
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a discussion of Astoria: Astor and Jefferso
 n’s Lost Pacific Empire by Peter Stark..\nhttps://bettendorflibrary
 .libnet.info/event/4423963
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Please register to join us for an online d
 iscussion of <em>Astoria: Astor and Jefferson&rsquo\;s Lost Pacific Empire
 </em> by Peter Stark.</p>\n<p>Six years after Lewis and Clark's began thei
 r journey to the Pacific Northwest\, two of the Eastern establishment's le
 ading figures\, John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson\, turned their sight
 s to founding a colony akin to Jamestown on the West Coast and transformin
 g the nation into a Pacific trading power. Author and correspondent for Ou
 tside magazine Peter Stark recreates this pivotal moment in American histo
 ry for the first time for modern readers\, drawing on original source mate
 rial to tell the amazing true story of the Astor Expedition.</p>\n<p>Unfol
 ding over the course of three years\, from 1810 to 1813\, <em>Astoria</em>
  is a tale of high adventure and incredible hardship in the wilderness and
  at sea. Of the more than one hundred-forty members of the two advance par
 ties that reached the West Coast--one crossing the Rockies\, the other rou
 nding Cape Horn--nearly half perished by violence. Others went mad. Within
  one year\, the expedition successfully established Fort Astoria\, a tradi
 ng post on the Columbia River. Though the colony would be short-lived\, it
  opened provincial American eyes to the potential of the Western coast and
  its founders helped blaze the Oregon Trail.</p>\n<p>Go to www.bettendorfl
 ibrary.com/adult-programs for more information.</p>\n<p>Books are availabl
 e on a first-come basis at the Information Desk. You may also call the Lib
 rary at 563-344-4179 to have a book signed out to you and placed on the Ho
 lds shelf.</p>\n<p>This meeting will take place online via GoToMeeting.&nb
 sp\; After registering\, you will receive an email with the GoToMeeting lo
 gin information.</p>\n<p>This program is funded by the Friends of the Bett
 endorf Public Library.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\nhttps://bettendorflibrary.libn
 et.info/event/4423963
URL;VALUE=URI:https://bettendorflibrary.libnet.info/event/4423963
ATTACH:https://static.libnet.info/images/events/bettendorflibrary/astoria.
 jpg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR