The Liberty Daughters Book Club, hosted Saturday, March 23, 2024. They read the book, " A Girl Called Samson," by Amy Harmon was discussed by DAR members. Collectively the book received an 8.5 rating out of a possible 10. The book is based on the story of Deborah Samson, who was born in Massachusetts and bound out as an indentured servant due to her family's poverty. Desiring independence and impassioned by the revolutionary cause, she disguises herself as a soldier and enlists in the Continental Army. Long after the war ended she fought for her right to receive a pension as a soldier and is the first female to receive a pension as a member of the Armed Services. After an enlightening discussion of the book, the group adjourned to Lucca Italian Chophouse for lunch. The Liberty Daughter's next book club meeting is scheduled for May The book for discussion is The Sewing Girl's Tale: A story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America by John Wood Sweet. The time and place will be determined.
Library Outreach. Please peruse the list below to find a book club that you would like to join.
Brunswick Town Chapter Book Club Liberty Daughters Started October 2021 Contact Person: Librarian Phyllis Edwards pedwards1420@gmail.com 910-880-0630
In Person Meetings Every Other Month 4th Saturday, lunch following September –June
Books read:
- A Place Called Freedom by Ken Follett
- America’s Hidden History by Kenneth C Davis
- First Lady of Liberty by Helen Bryan
- Fourteenth Colony, The Forgotten Story of the Gulf South During America’s Revolutionary Era by Mike Bunn
- Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution by Mike Duncan
- I, Eliza Hamilton by Susan Holloway Scott
- Spies, Patriots, and Traitors: American Intelligence in the Revolutionary War by Kenneth Daigler
- The Cause by Joseph Ellis
- The Flight of the Sparrow: A Novel of Early America by Amy Belding Brown
- The Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd
- Women of the Revolution by Robert M. Dunkerly
NCDAR Book Club
Evergreen Readers
Started October 2021
Contact Person Mary Aker, State Librarian General
Zoom Meetings Every Other Month 4th Thursday, September –June
Books read:
- America’s Hidden History by Kenneth Davis
- American Jezebel by Eve LaPlante
- Dawn to History by Luann Nelson
- Defiant Brides by Nancy Stuart
- Drillmaster of Valley Forge: by Paul Lockhart
- Miracle in the Hills by Mary Martin Sloop
- Pioneers by David McCullough Spies, Patriots and Traitors by Kenneth Daigler
- The Cabinet by Lindsay Chervinsky
- The Cause by Joseph Ellis
- The Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto
- The Jamestown Brides by Jennifer Potter
NSDAR Book Club National Vice Chair Colleen Hogan darbookclub@nsdar.org
Recommended Reading List for 2023-2024
- Crucible of War by Fred Anderson
- Eliza Hamilton: Extraordinary Life and Times of the wife of Alexander Hamilton by Tilar Mazzeo
- First Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer
- Founding Gardeners by Andrea Wulf
- Hero of Two Worlds by Mike Duncan
- God Save Benedict Arnold by Jack Kelley
- Thomas Paine and the Clarion Call for American Independence by Harlow Unger
- Washington’s Immortals by Patrick O’Donnell
The Lecture Series (started December2022
https://www.dar.org/library/services/online-library-lectures
Members will be notified of dates for Visual Events when scheduled.
2022-23 Visual Events
- Stacey Schiff, author of The Revolutionary Samuel Adams,
- Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, author of The Age of Homespun,
- Russell Shorto, author of The Island At the Center of the World
- Eve LaPlante, author of American Jezebel.
- Alan E. Johnson, author of First American Founder: Roger Williams and Freedom of Conscience (led discussion at 2023 Congress)
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