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Writers of the Purple Sage with Jim Turner

April 15, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 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.

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:
April 15, 2023
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Cost:
FREE
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Website:
https://www.buckeyeaz.gov/community/residents/library

Organizer

Buckeye Public Library
Phone
623-349-6300
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Venue

Buckeye Public Library – Coyote Branch Library
21699 W Yuma Rd, Suite 116
Buckeye, AZ 85326 United States
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Phone
623-349-6300
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