The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore

Name: The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
Start: 2025-09-28T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-28T15:30:00-04:00
Location: 1290 Richmond Ave, Staunton, VA, United States, Virginia 24401

Schedule

Sun Sep 28 2025 at 02:00 pm to 03:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

1290 Richmond Ave, Staunton, VA, United States, Virginia 24401 | Staunton, VA

STAUNTON, VA - Join the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia and Dr. Evan Friss on Sunday, September 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM for a lecture on his bestselling book, "The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore".
How have bookstores shaped American life and culture? What makes the bookstore a unique institution? Why do we still need them? Join us for a talk and a discussion about the history (and future) of the American bookstore. Copies of the book will be for sale at the lecture.
The lecture is free to attend.
ABOUT THE LECTURER:
Evan Friss is a professor of history at James Madison University. His latest book, The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore, is a New York Times bestseller, one of Time magazine’s “100 Must-Read Books of 2024,” and the winner of the Goodreads Choice Award.
This event is in the Octagonal Barn at the Frontier Culture Museum and is free to attend!
LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS EVENT:
https://frontiermuseum.org/event/the-bookshop-a-history-of-the-american-bookstore