Meet The Authors: "The Power of a Paper Clip: a Holocaust Study in Rural Appalachia"

Name: Meet The Authors: "The Power of a Paper Clip: a Holocaust Study in Rural Appalachia"
Start: 2025-03-22T16:00:00-05:00
Location: 55 N Walnut Ave, Cookeville, TN 38501-2582, United States

Schedule

Sat, 22 Mar, 2025 at 04:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

55 N Walnut Ave, Cookeville, TN 38501-2582, United States | Cookeville, TN

Hosted by The Exceptional Bean and Plenty Bookshop, we are so excited to welcome the authors of this incredible book to Cookeville! Please join us at The Bean between 4 and 6pm on Saturday, March 22nd, for a discussion with the authors followed by a book signing. Copies will be available for purchase at the event. The event itself is free to attend!
ABOUT THE BOOK:
In the late 1998, principal Linda Hooper led a group of inspiring and inspired teachers at Whitwell Middle School in Whitwell, Tennessee, as they looked for a special project to open up the wider world to their young students in a small Appalachian town. They hit upon a subject that has confounded people the world over since World War II, the Holocaust.
The students themselves found a way to commemorate the millions of souls lost to that tragic period in 20th-century history. The students decided to collect six million paper clips.
The Power of a Paper Clip tells how teachers, students, parents, and townspeople were changed by their efforts-and how their efforts changed the world. Next time you see a stray paper clip, pick it up. Slide it onto your lapel, and you too will be part of this story.