[404]LOCAL ENTITIES PARTNER TO CREATE CIVIL WAR BOOK/DISCUSSION GROUP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 18, 2008
CONTACT: Stacey Graham, Heritage Center, 615-217-8013

LOCAL ENTITIES PARTNER TO CREATE CIVIL WAR BOOK/DISCUSSION GROUP
‘Between the Lines’ Group Set to Meet Thursdays in June &in January ‘09

(MURFREESBORO)—The Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area has partnered with Linebaugh Library and the Heritage Center of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County to begin a Civil War book discussion group series that will focus on literature and biography.
“Between the Lines: Reading About the Civil War” is the name of the new group, which will meet twice a year, in June and January, said Dr. Stacey Graham of MTSU’s Center for Historic Preservation.
During June, the group will meet at 7 o’clock Thursday evenings at the Heritage Center, 225 West College St., in Murfreesboro.
“June’s book discussion group will take an in-depth look at Charles Frazier’s Cold Mountain, a bestseller published in 1997, with each week focusing on a different theme related to the book,” Graham said.
The group’s discussion schedule is as follows: June 5: Wartime Loyalty/Desertion; June 12: Women and the Home Front; June 19: Death, Destruction and Violence; and June 26: Memory and Literature.
For more information on “Between the Lines: Reading About the Civil War,” which is free to those who wish to participate, please call 615-217-8013 or e-mail Graham at sgraham@mtsu.edu.


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