Third Saturday
March 20
SKIRVIN
Stever Lackmeyer and
Jack Money,
Oklahoman newspaper reporters,
will discuss their latest work, Skirvin, a tale that took the authors three years to write.
"Skirvin is a story of people, scoundrels, politics and dreamers."
The story of W. B. Skirvin and his hotel was so big it needed a book to do it justice. Lackmeyer and Money used a novel-style approach to tell the tale of a hotel that first opened in 1911 and is now known as the Skirvin Hilton.
"It's the story of one historic building's refusal to go down." Skirvin was named a finalist in the 2010 Oklahoma Book Awards.
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February 20
Dr. Sheldon Russell
discusses writing his latest novel, THE YARD DOG: A Mystery, which appeared in the September, 2009 and features a one-armed rairoad detective named Hook Runyon, who enjoys moonshine and rare books.
Russell's first four novels were 1993 EMPIRE, a suspense novel, 1993 THE SAVAGE TRAIL, two historical novels and 2000 REQUIEM, a finalist for Best Original Paperback in the 2001 Western Writers of America, Inc., Spur Awards competition; and DREAMS TO DUST: A TALE OF THE ORIGINAL OKLAHOMA LAND RUSH, which won the 2008 Langum Prize for Excellence in Historical Fiction and the 2007 Oklahoma Book Award for Fiction and was selected as an official Oklahoma Centennial Project.
Russell is a former Oklahoma public school English teacher, retired in 2000 as a Professor Emritus from the University of Central Oklahoma.
January 19
Make those skeletons dance!
Carolyn Leonard Heavener
says writing and researching family history is a fun hobby and is one of the most popular activities in the world.
Problem is, when you start opening Pandora's box of ancestors you don't know what you will find. So if you can't make the skeleton in your closet go away -- you just have to teach it to dance.
Carolyn serves on the board for the Oklahoma Writers Federation and is an officer in DAR (Daughters of American Revolution), associate of Daughters of Holland Dames, member of Daughters of 1812 wars, First Families of the Oklahoma Twin Territories, historical societies in several states, and the prestigious Mayflower Society.
"Who’s Your Daddy? A Guide to Genealogy from Start to Finish," took thirty years to write but only a quick change of title to sell. The book is a result of my many adventures in tiptoeing through tombstones with a camera, a notebook and a pencil. I learned the hard way, so I want to help other people find the easy road to discovering their family's place in history.
Carolyn will discuss her new book which includes information on identifying gravestone icons, appreciating cemetery art, keeping track of your ancestors and descendants, travel to ancestral locations, courthouse research, Internet assistance, organizing your stuff and how to publish.
www.WhosYourDaddyBook.com
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