Wool, a book talk with Peggy Hart
Date and Time
Thursday Jun 7, 2018
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
June 7 / 6:30 PM
Location
Jones Library, Woodbury Room
Fees/Admission
Free
Contact Information
Cynthia Harbeson
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Description
Join Peggy Hart as she talks about her new book, Wool: Unraveling an American Story of Artisans and Innovation. Keeping Americans warm for four centuries, wool has been an essential commodity from colonial times to the present. Local author Peggy Hart tells wool’s colorful and epic tale including how it has impacted millions of lives from inventors, immigrants, mill owners, millworkers, slaves, and Native Americans, to farmers and advertisers. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Free and open to the public.
