The latest tomes from local authors:
The Carnival Campaign
by Ronald G. Shafer
Chicago Review Press
When only white men could vote, election day was in March and the candidates didn’t campaign for themselves, there came “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too.” The 1840 presidential campaign is what gave us an inkling of the campaign marches of today. Ronald Shafer outlines the story of Whig party candidate Gen. William Harrison’s campaign that brought grassroots programs, rallies and political and personal mudslinging. Now, because of the practices engineered in 1840, we have them to thank for the atmosphere of present-day elections. (September 2016)
Naked Mountain
by Marcia Mabee
She Writes Press
Getting a late start in her personal life, Marcia Mabee found love with Timothy Bell, a divorced man with a daughter. They built a life together and a mountain retreat on Naked Mountain. Through ups and downs in their careers, the life they fled to on the mountain provided a respite. But a diagnosis of cancer for Mabee brought troubling times, and while she fought her battle with cancer, Bell ended up succumbing to his own, an advanced pancreatic cancer. This is a memoir of love, place and a chance to love again. (September 2016)
