Legacies of the Civil War: Johnson County Library presents Jane Smiley
Tuesday. April 10, 2012 at 7 p.m.
Central Resource Library
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Jane Smiley, author of the Border War novel The All-true Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton visits the Library on April 10, 2012 to close out the Legacies of the Civil War series.
Lidie follows a young woman and her abolitionist husband in their journey toward Lawrence, Kansas in the 1850s. When tragedy strikes, Lidie throws herself into the mania of the Border War by seeking revenge.
Smiley explores the complex moral issues of the time, paying acute attention to inbred attitudes on both sides of the slavery question.
--Publisher's Weekly review
We recently spoke to Smiley via Skype and she shared some observations about Bleeding Kansas and the process of writing fiction in a historical setting.
About Jane Smiley
Smiley won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel, A Thousand Acres, an intense tale of family farm life inspired by Shakespeare's King Lear. She will read from her work, answer questions and be available for book signings.
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Selected Works by Jane Smiley
