The influence of the Civil War ear is the subject of a fall reading series that begins at 7 p.m. Sept. 14.
The Let’s Talk About It, Oklahoma book discussion series called “Rebirth of a Nation: Nationalism and the Civil War” opens with “Two Roads to Sumter,” a comparative biography about Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis written by William and Bruce Catton.
The book discussions will be in Room 151 of Walker Center for Arts and Sciences.
The five-book series will explore the Civil War era through historical analyses, memoirs and a novel that is considered the major defining work of that time.
Other dates and works in the series are:
- Sept. 29 with “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” by Harriet Beecher Stowe,
- Oct. 12 with “Ordeal By Fire, Volume II: The Civil War” by James McPherson,
- Oct. 26 with “Reconstruction: After the Civil War” by John Hope Franklin, and
- Nov. 9 with “The Private Mary Chesnut: The Unpublished Civil War Diaries,” edited by C. Vann Woodward and Elizabeth Muhlenfeld.
Humanities scholars will make half-hour presentations to open each session. Small group discussions will follow before the groups reunite for closing remarks.
Participants are encouraged to pre-register and read the selected literature before its discussion session.
They may borrow the reading selections and pick up a theme brochure in Room 211 or Room 207 in Dulaney-Brown Library.
For more information call (405) 208-5472 or e-mail hwinn@okcu.edu. Information also is available atwww.okcu.edu/film-lit/.
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