Dear fellow Hanoverians:
On Monday, October 21 at 7:00 p.m. at the John Curtis Library, noted
author, historian, and university teacher Steven Puleo will speak
about his latest book, /The Caning: The Assault That Drove America to
Civil War./ In May of 1856, pro-slavery Congressman Preston S. Brooks
of South Carolina entered into the United States Senate Chamber in
Washington D.C. and began beating well known anti-slavery Senator
Charles Sumner from Massachusetts with his walking cane. He struck his
cane more than thirty times across Sumner’s head, face, and
shoulders until the Senator lay unconscious and the cane was
splintered into many pieces. While Sumner eventually recovered after a
lengthy recuperation period, the gulf between the North and South
became unbridgeable and in four short years, the country was at war
with itself.
Please join the good folks at the library for an author talk followed
by an answer and question period. Books will be available for purchase
and signing.
This program is sponsored by the Friends of the John Curtis Library
and there is no charge for admittance. Refreshments will be served.
Please contact Lorraine Welsh at lwelsh@ocln.org
for more information.
For “Around Town on the Web”,
Cathy H-B
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