Saturday, June 07, 2003
Just got back from the second book signing this weekend.
Below is the news release sent out for it and published in various local newspapers. I'll be back at the Marion Waldenbooks next Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. for anyone out needing a good Father's Day present.
Also, in two weeks I'll be speaking at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 21, for the Book Fair at Benton High School that runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Friends of the Library in Benton are hosting the event. A number of local authors will be present. Some will speak, some will sign books and some will be just be there to sell theirs.
The authors include Judge Brocton Lockwood (Operation Greylord), Gary DeNeal (A Knight of Another Sort and Springhouse magazine), Taylor Pensoneau (Brothers Notorious), as well as Joy Rainey King, David Goss, Gordon Pruitt of SIU Press and before that Crossfire Press, Linda Settle, Carol Jennings, Harry Spiller, David Kidd, Dixie Terry, Jim Kirkpatrick, Ted Harmon and Ann Marie Legan. There will also be other book sellers there as well as special exhibits.
Below is the news release sent out for it and published in various local newspapers. I'll be back at the Marion Waldenbooks next Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. for anyone out needing a good Father's Day present.
Also, in two weeks I'll be speaking at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 21, for the Book Fair at Benton High School that runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Friends of the Library in Benton are hosting the event. A number of local authors will be present. Some will speak, some will sign books and some will be just be there to sell theirs.
The authors include Judge Brocton Lockwood (Operation Greylord), Gary DeNeal (A Knight of Another Sort and Springhouse magazine), Taylor Pensoneau (Brothers Notorious), as well as Joy Rainey King, David Goss, Gordon Pruitt of SIU Press and before that Crossfire Press, Linda Settle, Carol Jennings, Harry Spiller, David Kidd, Dixie Terry, Jim Kirkpatrick, Ted Harmon and Ann Marie Legan. There will also be other book sellers there as well as special exhibits.
Local historian to hold two book signings
MARION — Area historian Jon Musgrave will hold two book signings the first week of June in conjunction with Waldenbooks’ Local Interest Week.
Musgrave’s book, the Handbook of Old Gallatin County and Southeastern Illinois, highlights the 19th Century history of Southeastern Illinois while focusing on Gallatin County, which once stretched from the Ohio River to the Big Muddy.
“Most people don’t realize just how much territory Gallatin County covered,” said Musgrave. “On the east it stretched from the mouth of Lusk Creek opposite Golconda all the way north to just a few miles shy of Vincennes, Indiana.”
Ranked No. 1 in the Marion Waldenbooks local interest section, both the Marion and Carbondale stores will be offering readers the chance to purchase it and a few other local interest books at a sale price of 15 percent off.
Musgrave will be on hand at the Carbondale store in the University Mall from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, June 6, and from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 7, at the Marion store in the Illinois Centre Mall.
The Handbook includes a reprint of the 1887 History of Gallatin County plus two new sections compiling anecdotes and military history of the region. In addition, more than 250 biographies of early Gallatin County men and women are included. The book is fully indexed.
Musgrave is a native of Marion and earned two degrees at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, including a master’s degree in Telecommunication. He currently teaches journalism and photography at Shawnee Community College, as well as practices real estate with Paul Wilson Realty in Marion.
His interest in Gallatin County started nearly seven years ago when he joined the research team uncovering the real history behind the Old Slave House near Equality. A few years later he took over the Gallatin County ILGenWeb genealogy site.
In addition to the Handbook and working with state officials in an effort to get the Old Slave House reopened, Musgrave is also working on the publication of a second book, Egyptian Tales of Southern Illinois, which he hopes will hit the shelves later this fall.
The Handbook of Old Gallatin County and Southeastern Illinois can also be purchased at The Book Worm and Barnes & Noble in Carbondale, The Book Emporium in Harrisburg and direct from the author at www.IllinoisHistory.com or by writing to IllinoisHistory.com, PO Box 1142, Marion IL 62959.