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Writers of the Purple Sage with Jim Turner

December 6, 2022 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

FREE

This presentation covers five Arizona novelists: Zane Grey spent his honeymoon at the Grand Canyon and went on to be one of the first and most famous Western writers of all time; Harold Bell Wright came to Tucson with lung problems and became a bestseller from 1900 to 1930. University of Arizona writing professor Richard Summers wrote Dark Madonna in 1937. Capturing Hispanic culture and folklore, Eva Antonia Wilbur Cruz beautifully describes ranch life and the blending of Tohono O’odham, Hispanic and Anglo folkways in Beautiful Cruel Country, and Susan Lowell wrote an award-winning young adult novel of a young Arizona ranch girl, My Name is Lavina Cumming, based closely on the life of her grandmother.

This event is cohosted by Mohave County Library – Lake Havasu City Branch. This is an in-person event.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Before retiring from the Arizona Historical Society, Jim Turner worked with more than 70 museums across the state. He co-authored the 4th-grade textbook The Arizona Story, and his pictorial history, Arizona: Celebration of the Grand Canyon State, was a 2012 Southwest Books of the Year selection. Jim moved to Tucson in 1951, earned a M.A. in U.S. history in 1999, and has been presenting Arizona history for more than forty years. Jim is author of The Mighty Colorado from the Glaciers to the Gulf and Four Corners USA: Wonders of the American Southwest.

 

Details

Date:
December 6, 2022
Time:
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Cost:
FREE
Event Categories:
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Website:
https://www.mohavecountylibrary.us/lake-havasu-city/

Organizer

Mohave County Library – Lake Havasu City Branch
Phone
928-453-0718
Email
sterrl@mohave.gov
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Venue

Mohave County Library Lake Havasu Branch
1770 McCulloch Blvd N.
Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403 United States
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Phone
(928) 453-0718
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