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LOCATION:111 Adams Avenue\nLewes DE 19958
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SUMMARY:History Book Festival Presents Author Donald L. Miller: Vicksburg
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DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with the History Book Festival\, join us for a
  live\,\ninteractive talk with Donald L. Miller\, author of Vicksburg: Gra
 nt's\nCampaign that Broke the Confederacy\, featured at the 2020 virtual\n
 History Book Festival. \"When Vicksburg fell\, the fate of the\nConfederac
 y was sealed.\" - Ulysses S. Grant. The surrender of\nVicksburg\, Mississi
 ppi\, on July 4\, 1863\, opened the Mississippi to\nUnion commerce and sev
 ered the Confederacy\, isolating the slave states\nof Arkansas and Texas a
 nd part of Louisiana. It also ignited a social\nrevolution in Mississippi 
 and eastern Louisiana that culminated in the\nviolent overthrow of plantat
 ion slavery. Donald L. Miller is the John\nHenry MacCracken Professor of H
 istory Emeritus at Lafayette College\nand author of ten books\, including 
 Masters of the Air\, set to be made\ninto a television series by Steven Sp
 ielberg and Tom Hanks. We invite\nyou to support the author by purchasing 
 a copy of his book from the\nFestival's official bookseller\, Browseabout 
 Books. Each copy purchased\ncomes with a signed archival bookplate. Online
  program presented by\nthe History Book Festival and Lewes Public Library.
  NOTE: this meeting\nis being conducted through Zoom. You MUST REGISTER to
  receive\ninstructions for joining the meeting. Venue: Lewes Public Librar
 y.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:In collaboration with the History Book Festiva
 l\, join us for a live\, interactive talk with Donald L. Miller\, author o
 f Vicksburg: Grant's Campaign that Broke the Confederacy\, featured at the
  2020 virtual History Book Festival. \"When Vicksburg fell\, the fate of t
 he Confederacy was sealed.\" - Ulysses S. Grant. The surrender of Vicksbur
 g\, Mississippi\, on July 4\, 1863\, opened the Mississippi to Union comme
 rce and severed the Confederacy\, isolating the slave states of Arkansas a
 nd Texas and part of Louisiana. It also ignited a social revolution in Mis
 sissippi and eastern Louisiana that culminated in the violent overthrow of
  plantation slavery. Donald L. Miller is the John Henry MacCracken Profess
 or of History Emeritus at Lafayette College and author of ten books\, incl
 uding Masters of the Air\, set to be made into a television series by Stev
 en Spielberg and Tom Hanks. We invite you to support the author by purchas
 ing a copy of his book from the Festival's official bookseller\, Browseabo
 ut Books. Each copy purchased comes with a signed archival bookplate. Onli
 ne program presented by the History Book Festival and Lewes Public Library
 . NOTE: this meeting is being conducted through Zoom. You MUST REGISTER to
  receive instructions for joining the meeting. Venue: Lewes Public Library
 .
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