New Book Kit Available: The impeachment of Abraham Lincoln (a novel by Stephen L. Carter)

impeachment
Stephen L. Carter’s thrilling novel takes as its starting point an alternate history: President Abraham Lincoln survives the assassination attempt at Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865. Two years later he is charged with overstepping his constitutional authority, both during and after the Civil War, and faces an impeachment trial . . .
Twenty-one-year-old Abigail Canner is a young black woman with a degree from Oberlin, a letter of employment from the law firm that has undertaken Lincoln’s defense, and the iron-strong conviction, learned from her late mother, that “whatever limitations society might place on ordinary negroes, they would never apply to her.” And so Abigail embarks on a life that defies the norms of every stratum of Washington society: working side by side with a white clerk, meeting the great and powerful of the nation, including the president himself. But when Lincoln’s lead counsel is found brutally murdered on the eve of the trial, Abigail is plunged into a treacherous web of intrigue and conspiracy reaching the highest levels of the divided government. (Description from Goodreads.) We have 10 paperback copies available.

Golden Sower Reading Day

golden sowerOnce again, Southeast Library System and Seward Memorial Library will be hosting Golden Sower Reading Day on May 27th. This offers the chance for Golden Sower Readers and those who want to be Golden Sower Readers the chance to read all the books on the primary list. The schedule for the day is as follows:

9:00 am
Kathy Schultz: Announcements about Golden Sower
Reading of Books from Primary List

12:00 pm
Lunch on your own

1:00 pm
Finish Reading of Primary List; Discussion of Titles from Chapter Book and Golden Sower Novel Lists

To register, go to http://bit.ly/ReadingDay.