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Contact: Stacy Humphreys, 270-358-3137
HODGENVILLE, KY. - Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park invites you to read and discuss a book with park rangers through their book club “Parks & Pages” in 2022. This year, you can join a park ranger at Vibe Coffee in downtown Hodgenville on the 3rd Friday of the months of March, June, September and December at 3:00pm (ET)
The theme for the book club in 2022 will be “Lincoln’s Influence on America” where topics of equality, formation of the National Park Service, the building of transcontinental railroad and the creation of the Secret Service will be explored. Participants can join in the discussion by coming in person to Vibe Coffee in Hodgenville. The book club is free and open to the public. Please see the schedule for more details.
Parks & Pages 2022 Schedule
March 18, 2022 – National Parks – America’s Best IdeaThe Yosemite, by John Muir (304pg.) John Muir (1838–1914) ranks among America's most important and influential naturalists, and he is closely associated with Yosemite National Park. He wrote magazine articles that encouraged its foundation, assisted in drawing its boundaries, and co-founded the Sierra Club to ensure its protection. Muir explored virtually every inch of Yosemite, which he called "nature's landscape garden, at once beautiful and sublime," and made detailed studies of its geology, plants, and animals.
June17, 2022 – In the Pursuit of EqualityMy Work Is That of Conservation: An Environmental Biography of George Washington Carver, by Mark D. Hersey (320pg.) George Washington Carver (ca. 1864–1943) is at once one of the most familiar and misunderstood figures in American history. In My Work Is That of Conservation, Mark D. Hersey reveals the life and work of this fascinating man who is widely—and reductively—known as the African American scientist who developed a wide variety of uses for the peanut. Carver had a truly prolific career dedicated to studying the ways in which people ought to interact with the natural world, yet much of his work has been largely forgotten. Hersey rectifies this by tracing the evolution of Carver’s agricultural and environmental thought starting with his childhood in Missouri and Kansas and his education at the Iowa Agricultural College. Carver’s environmental vision came into focus when he moved to the Tuskegee Institute in Macon County, Alabama, where his sensibilities and training collided with the denuded agrosystems, deep poverty, and institutional racism of the Black Belt. It was there that Carver realized his most profound agricultural thinking, as his efforts to improve the lot of the area’s poorest farmers forced him to adjust his conception of scientific agriculture.
September 16, 2022 – Lincoln’s Pacific Railway Act and the Transcontinental RailroadHell on Wheels: Wicked Towns Along the Union Pacific Railroad by Dick Kreck (282pg.) Overnight settlements, better known as "Hell on Wheels," sprang up as the transcontinental railroad crossed Nebraska and Wyoming. They brought opportunity not only for legitimate business but also for gamblers, land speculators, prostitutes, and thugs. Dick Kreck tells their stories along with the heroic individuals who managed, finally, to create permanent towns in the interior West.
December 16, 2022 – Formation of the Secret ServiceThe Echo from Dealey Plaza: The True Story of the First African American on the White House Secret Service Detail and His Quest for Justice after the Assassination of JFK by Abraham Bolden (320pg.) From the first African American assigned to the presidential Secret Service detail comes a gripping and unforgettable true story of bravery and patriotism in the face of bitter hatred and unthinkable corruption. Abraham Bolden was a young African American Secret Service agent in Chicago when he was asked by John F. Kennedy himself to join the White House Secret Service detail. For Bolden, it was a dream come true—and an encouraging sign of the charismatic president’s vision for a new America. A gripping memoir substantiated by recently declassified government documents, The Echo from Dealey Plaza is the story of the terrible price paid by one man for his commitment to truth and justice, as well as a shocking new perspective on the circumstances surrounding the death of a beloved president. These book synopses were provided by their respective publishers. How are these titles and there subject mattered tied to our 16th president? Join our Book Club each month as we discuss this question and many more as we learn about how policies of our past impacted our future.
For more information on the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park, visit the park’s website at: http://www.nps.gov/abli or the park’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/LincolnBirthplaceNPS
Last updated: January 18, 2022