August Book Club Meeting
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Join us for Ruthmere's August Book Club meeting! New members WELCOME! This meeting will take place at the Beardsley Discovery Center at 819 N. Main St. Elkhart, IN 46514 (behind the Havilah Beardsley House).
Do you love reading books about history? So do we! That's why we created the Ruthmere Book Club - a place where avid readers and history buffs can unite to discuss the stories of the past.
At the August meeting, we will discuss "Hellhound on His Trail: The Electrifying Account of the Largest Manhunt in American History" by Hampton Sides (Non-Fiction).
Please email book club leader Tehillah Moses ([email protected]) if you are interested in joining the meeting or learning more!
SYNOPSIS:
"NATIONAL BESTSELLER • On April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray shot Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel. The nation was shocked, enraged, and saddened. As chaos erupted across the country and mourners gathered at King's funeral, investigators launched a sixty-five day search for King’s assassin that would lead them across two continents.
With a blistering, cross-cutting narrative that draws on a wealth of dramatic unpublished documents, Hampton Sides, bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers, delivers a non-fiction thriller in the tradition of William Manchester's The Death of a President and Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. With Hellhound On His Trail, Sides shines a light on the largest manhunt in American history and brings it to life for all to see."
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The Ruthmere Book Club meets the third Thursday of each month. Books are selected annually, consisting of both fiction and non-fiction. Books are sometimes provided by Book Club leaders or are available from the Elkhart Public Library; contact us for more information.
For a list of all 2026 books, visit https://ruthmere.org/Book-Club/
Do you love reading books about history? So do we! That's why we created the Ruthmere Book Club - a place where avid readers and history buffs can unite to discuss the stories of the past.
At the August meeting, we will discuss "Hellhound on His Trail: The Electrifying Account of the Largest Manhunt in American History" by Hampton Sides (Non-Fiction).
Please email book club leader Tehillah Moses ([email protected]) if you are interested in joining the meeting or learning more!
SYNOPSIS:
"NATIONAL BESTSELLER • On April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray shot Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel. The nation was shocked, enraged, and saddened. As chaos erupted across the country and mourners gathered at King's funeral, investigators launched a sixty-five day search for King’s assassin that would lead them across two continents.
With a blistering, cross-cutting narrative that draws on a wealth of dramatic unpublished documents, Hampton Sides, bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers, delivers a non-fiction thriller in the tradition of William Manchester's The Death of a President and Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. With Hellhound On His Trail, Sides shines a light on the largest manhunt in American history and brings it to life for all to see."
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The Ruthmere Book Club meets the third Thursday of each month. Books are selected annually, consisting of both fiction and non-fiction. Books are sometimes provided by Book Club leaders or are available from the Elkhart Public Library; contact us for more information.
For a list of all 2026 books, visit https://ruthmere.org/Book-Club/
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819 N Main St, Elkhart, IN 46514-2739, United States
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