America 250: President’s Club
George Washington: with Historian Peter Vermilyea
In-Person & on Zoom:
First Meeting: Monday, July 7 from 3:15 – 4:15 PM
Registration is required to attend In-Person. Register at OWL website
Join us each month for one year as we explore 12 influential Presidents through selected biographies spanning from George Washington through John F. Kennedy.
About the Series:
When selecting biographies, we decided an author should only appear once on our list and that their work should be accessible. Each month, read the selected biography then join us as historian, author and teacher Peter Vermilyea leads the discussion exploring Presidential personalities, opportunities and failures, challenges, and legacies. Through lecture and discussion, we will delve deeper into our Presidential and shared history.
July Selection:
In July, we will be exploring Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow – A Pulitzer Prize winning book.
Celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation and the first president of the United States. With a breadth and depth matched by no other one volume biography of George Washington, this crisply paced narrative carries the reader through his adventurous early years, his heroic exploits with the Continental Army, and his magnificent performance as America’s first president.
About the Presenter:
Peter Vermilyea teaches history at Housastonic Valley Regional High School in Falls Village, CT and at Western Connecticut State University. A graduate of Gettysburg College, he serves as the scholarship director of his alma mater’s Civil War Institute. He is the author or editor of five books and fifteen articles, most on aspects of Civil War history.
Physical books are available at OWL to borrow, and e-books and e-audio books are instantly available for OWL card holders.
Click here to read about upcoming book talks in this series.
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