Book Club Information

Liberty Daughters January Book Club  2024

Seven Liberty Daughters Book Club members met at the Harper Library in Southport on Saturday, January 27. Confounding Father Thomas Jefferson's Image in His Own Time by Robert M.S. McDonald was discussed. Following the discussion, which concluded with the thoughts that the book had good information but was challenging to read, the group adjourned for lunch. An eighth member joined us for lunch at the Ports of Call in Southport. All had a great time. The Liberty Daughter's next meeting is on March 23, 2024. We will be reading and discussing A Girl Called Sam by Amy Harmon. The time and place are to be determined. As always, any Daughter is welcome to attend our book discussions.

The Liberty Daughters Book Club, hosted  Saturday, March 23, 2024. They read the book  A Girl Called Samson by Amy Harmon, which 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, 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 was the first female to receive a pension as an Armed Services member. 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.

Seven Liberty Daughters Book Club members met at the Harper Library in Southport on Saturday, January 27.

Confounding Father  Thomas Jefferson's Image in His Own Time by Robert M.S. McDonald was discussed.

Following the discussion, which concluded with the thoughts that the book had good information but was challenging to read, the group adjourned for lunch.

An eighth member joined us for lunch at the Ports of Call in Southport. We all had a great time.

Liberty Daughter's next meeting will be hosted by Jean Morelli on March 23, 2024. We will read and discuss A Girl Called Sam by Amy Harmon. The time and place are to be determined.

As always, any Daughter is welcome to attend our book discussions.

The next Liberty Daughters meeting is November 18

Hostess: Marsha Stewart will let us know the time and location closer to the date.

Book: "The First Conspiracy " co-written by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch 

Next State Evergreen meeting is November 30 at 7:00 pm

Book: "Crow Mary" by Kathleen Grissom 

State Librarian Mary Aker will interview the author via Zoom link, which will be sent to all members. 

There are three reading opportunities available to our DAR members. All are under the umbrella of the DAR

                                                                                                                                                                                                       

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

 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)

https://www.dar.org/members/committees/service-committees/dar-library-outreach/dar-library-book-club?check_logged_in=1