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Summer Author Series
September 12 @ 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM CDT
Wornall/Majors’ popular book club is going in person! From historic fiction to newly illuminated true stories, there is a book for every reader this summer. Join us three times this summer to hear from authors Gail Blankenau, D.L. Rogers, and Adrian Zink in the Alexander Majors House Museum Barn. Each event will feature a talk from an author, Q&A, and opportunities for the audience to ask questions. Feel free to read the book in advance or come as a fresh slate.
Tickets: $5 / free for WMHM Members
September 12 at 7pm with Adrian Zink – Hidden History of Kansas
Book description: Kansas’ storied past is filled with fascinating firsts, humorous coincidences and intriguing characters. A man who had survived a murderous proslavery massacre in 1858 hanged his would-be executioner five years later. A wealthy Frenchman utilized his utopian ideals to create an award-winning silk-producing commune in Franklin County. A young boy’s amputated arm led to the rise of Sprint Corporation. The first victim of the doomed Donner Party met her end in Kansas. In 1947, a housewife in Johnson County, indignant at the poor condition of the local school for black children, sparked school desegregation nationwide. Author and historian Adrian Zink digs deep into the Sunflower State’s history to reveal these hidden and overlooked stories
Wornall/Majors House Museums is sponsoring this program in partnership with the Missouri Humanities Council and with support from the Missouri Humanities Trust Fund.
