Library, Museum Launch History Book Club

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The latest James Patterson novel not your thing? Not interested in cracking open Wuthering Heights again? Still hankering to join a book club? The Adventures in History Book Club is made for readers like you. The new group, formed by a partnership between the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library and the Chippewa Valley Museum, will meet at the museum on the second Tuesday of each month from 6:30-8pm. As with most book clubs, participants will share their thoughts about the book and help pick future books. Unlike most clubs, readers will be able to ask questions of a real-live historian: Chippewa Valley Museum editor John Vanek. The club will cover all aspects of American, regional, and local history, from pre-European settlement to the present. The reading list begins with Founding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis, which will be discussed March 8. Next up is The Genius of Earth Day by Adam Rome on April 12 and The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang. Participants are responsible for getting their own books, and extra copies will be on hand at the public library. Registration, which is recommended, can be done online at ecpubliclibrary.info/events. To learn more, contact Vanek at j.vanek@cvmuseum.com or (715) 834-7871.