BOOK CLUBS

American Lives Book Club

This group meets on the Second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 pm. The American Lives is a non-traditional book group that focuses on the lives of influential Americans. It will focus on the person rather than the book. Choose to read one or more biographies about our subject, each book on the list presents a different view. This will prompt lively discussions facilitated by Bill Wilson. Remote participation available.

Participants are invited to read additional biographies as well.

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 – 6:30 PM: Spies of the Civil War

• The Spy of the Rebellion by Allan Pinkerton
• Pinkerton’s War: The Civil War’s Greatest Spy and The Birth Of The U.S. Secret Service by John Nagy
• Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War by Karen Abbott
• Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America by Scott Ellsworth
• Spies and Spymasters of the Civil War by Donald E. Markle
• Southern Lady, Yankee Spy: The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, a Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy by Elizabeth R. Varon
• Lincoln’s Lady Spymaster: The Untold Story of the Abolitionist Southern Belle Who Helped Win the Civil War by Gerri Willis
• Secret Missions of the Civil War by Phillip Van Doren Stern

Tuesday, June 9, 2026 – 6:30 PM: Happy Birthday America

• 1776 by David McCullough
• Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation by Cokie Roberts
• The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels by Jon Meacham
• Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph Ellis
• A People’s History of the United States: 1492 – Present by Howard Zinn
• A Patriot’s History of the United States: From Columbus’s Great Discovery to the War on Terror by Larry Schweikart & Michael Allen

Tuesday, July 14, 2026 – 6:30 PM: The Uneven Struggle for Liberty and Justice for All (Part 1)

• Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight
• The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcom X
• The Souls of Black Folks by W.E.B Du Bois
• King: A Life by Jonathan Eig
• American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Nation by Jon Meacham
• Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois and the Struggle for Racial Uplift by Jacqueline M. Moore
• Up from History: The Life of Booker T. Washington by Robert J. Norrell

Tuesday, August 11, 2026 – 6:30 PM: The Uneven Struggle for Liberty and Justice for All (Part 2)

• The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S History by Ned Blackhawk
• And Yet They Persisted: How American Women Won the Right to Vote by Johanna Neuman
• Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution by David Carter
• American Immigration: A Very Short Introduction by David A. Gerber
• Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America by Juan Gonzalez
• The Making of Asian America by Erika Lee

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Library Hours

Monday: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Tuesday: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Wednesday: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Thursday: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sunday: 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.