Americas 250: The President’s Club with Historian Peter Vermilyea

Monday, October 6 from 3:15 – 4:15 PM
In Person & on Zoom
Registration is required to attend In-Person.

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:
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.

In October we will be exploring Thomas Jefferson through the book American Sphinx by Joseph Ellis – A National Book Award Winner.

In American Sphinx, Ellis sifts the facts shrewdly from the legends and the rumors, treading a path between vilification and hero worship in order to formulate a plausible portrait of the man who still today “hover[s] over the political scene like one of those dirigibles cruising above a crowded football stadium, flashing words of inspiration to both teams.”

Physical books are available at OWL to borrow, and e-books and e-audio books are instantly available for OWL card holders.

Oliver Wolcott Library
160 South Street
Litchfield, CT 06759
https://www.owlibrary.org/presidents-club.aspx#anchor_jefferson