BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:\"Underground Railroad Journeys” Presentation i BEGIN:VEVENT UID:42502020-02-20 DTSTART:20200220T220000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20200220T050000Z SUMMARY:\"Underground Railroad Journeys” Presentation i CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Author and storyteller Jim Duffy of Secrets of the Eastern Shor e will\ntell true-life tales about “Underground Railroad Journeys on\nDe lmarva” in a presentation and discussion at the Selbyville (Del.)\nPubli c Library on Thursday\, Feb. 20. The presentation is based on\nDuffy’s b ook\, Tubman Travels: 32 Underground Railroad Journeys on\nDelmarva\n[htt ps://www.secretsoftheeasternshore.com/shore-store/books/tubman-travels/].\ n\n \n\nThe event begins at 5pm. There is no admission fee. Duffy will be \nsigning books and chatting with attendees after the talk. Books will\nbe available for purchase as well.\n\nDuffy has given presentations on local history and culture topics in\ndozens of towns up and down the Delmarva P eninsula in recent years. In\nthe “Underground Railroads Journeys” tal k\, he shares keystone\nstories of enslaved people who made their way to f reedom on journeys\nthrough Delaware and Maryland’s Eastern Shore. He al so discusses the\nlife lessons he learned and key discoveries he made whil e researching\nand writing the book.\n\nThe presentation will touch on the most famous champions of freedom\nfrom here on Delmarva\, Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass\, as well\nas on a number of other\, lesser-known h eroes of the Underground\nRailroad in the region.\n\nAn award-winning writ er\, Duffy is co-founder of Secrets of the Eastern\nShore\, a homegrown bu siness based in Cambridge\, Md. that celebrates\nthe Delmarva Peninsula in stories\, photographs\, and products. Its\nmission is to inspire people t o explore the peninsula and appreciate\nthe incredible things that have ha ppened in its towns\, on its farms\,\nand along its waterways over the cen turies.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Author and storyteller Jim Duffy of Secrets of the Eastern Shore will tell true-life tales about “Underground Railr oad Journeys on Delmarva” in a presentation and discussion at the Selbyv ille (Del.) Public Library on Thursday\, Feb. 20. The presentation is base d on Duffy’s book\, Tubman Travels: 32 Underground Railroad Journeys on Delmarva.< /p>\n\n

 

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The event begins at 5pm. There is no admission fee. Duffy will be signing books and chatting with attendees after the talk. B ooks will be available for purchase as well.

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Duffy has given pre sentations on local history and culture topics in dozens of towns up and d own the Delmarva Peninsula in recent years. In the “Underground Railroad s Journeys” talk\, he shares keystone stories of enslaved people who mad e their way to freedom on journeys through Delaware and Maryland’s Easte rn Shore. He also discusses the life lessons he learned and key discoverie s he made while researching and writing the book.

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The presentati on will touch on the most famous champions of freedom from here on Delmarv a\, Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass\, as well as on a number of othe r\, lesser-known heroes of the Underground Railroad in the region.

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An award-winning writer\, Duffy is co-founder of Secrets of the Eastern Shore\, a homegrown business based in Cambridge\, Md. that celebrates the Delmarva Peninsula in stories\, photographs\, and products. Its mission i s to inspire people to explore the peninsula and appreciate the incredible things that have happened in its towns\, on its farms\, and along its wat erways over the centuries.

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