November Book Club Meeting
Schedule
Thu, 21 Nov, 2024 at 03:30 pm
Location
102 W Beardsley Ave, Elkhart, IN 46514-2753, United States | Elkhart, IN
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Join us for Ruthmere's next Book Club meeting!The November non-fiction book is "Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty" by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe. The meeting to discuss this book will be at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 21st at the Havilah Beardsley House.
SYNOPSIS:
"New York Times bestselling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestselling historian and novelist Katherine Howe to chronicle the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty—his mother’s family, the Vanderbilts. Cooper and Howe breathe life into the ancestors who built the family’s empire, basked in the wealth of Cornelius "the Commodore" Vanderbilt, hosted lavish galas, and became synonymous with unfettered American capitalism and high society. Moving from the hardscrabble wharves of old Manhattan to the lavish drawing rooms of Gilded Age Fifth Avenue, from the ornate summer palaces of Newport to the courts of Europe, and all the way to modern-day New York, Cooper and Howe wryly recount the triumphs and tragedies of an American dynasty unlike any other. Written with a unique insider’s viewpoint, this is a rollicking, quintessentially American history as remarkable as the family it so vividly captures."
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Contact Andrea Hutslar at [email protected] if you are interested in joining the meeting. New history-focused readers welcome! It's almost time to start picking the books for 2025! If you have any ideas, please let us know!
The Ruthmere Book Club meets the third Thursday of each month. Books are selected annually, alternating between fiction and non-fiction. Books are usually available through the Elkhart Public Library system. Book Club membership is FREE.
For a list of all 2024 books, visit https://ruthmere.org/Book-Club/
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Where is it happening?
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