Posts Tagged Book Signing

Creating the Black Utopia of Buxton, Iowa Book Signing and Lecture

On May 7, 2019 /

Author Rachelle Chase (visit her website here) returns to the JCHS with her second book on Buxton: Creating the Black Utopia of Buxton, Iowa. Buxton, IA was a place of racial inclusion in a time when our country was anything but. Come to the JCHS’s Community Room

Gangster in our Midst Lecture and Book Signing

On March 8, 2019 /

Author Betty Passick (click here to visit her website) will share A Ray of Hope, her presentation on her new book Gangster in our Midst: A Historical Novel. In the midst of recounting the true story of gangster Louis La Cava, bookkeeper to Al Capone, authoress Betty Passick also

Irving Weber Days: All In One Room

On March 1, 2019 /

Frank Yoder presents his new book All In One Room: A History of Country Schools in Johnson County, Iowa. This book is a culmination of five years of hard work and dedication. All In One Room is a history of the country schools in Johnson County, but it

Lost Buxton Lecture

On January 17, 2018 /

Join JCHS in celebrating Black History Month! Come hear beloved authoress and sought-after public speaker Rachelle Chase talk about her latest book Images of America: Lost Buxton.