City of Brigham recently issued the following announcement.
Revolutionary America - Book Group (Apr)
When:
Apr 7, 2022
Time:
7:00 pm
Where:
Brigham City Public Library
26 E Forest St
Contact:(435) 723-5850
Details:
Join the Library’s monthly reading and discussion series addressing topics in history and the humanities. Discussions are led by guest scholars. Books may be picked up from the Library's front desk during regular business hours.
This program has received funding from Utah Humanities (UH). UH improves communities through active engagement in the humanities.Liberty's Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World by Maya Jasanoff.
Scholar:
Vikki Deakin, PhD, WSU.
At the end of the American Revolution, 60,000 Americans loyal to the British cause fled the United States and became refugees throughout the British Empire. This groundbreaking book offers the first global history of the loyalist exodus to Canada, the Caribbean, Sierra Leone, India, and beyond.
Awards:
Cundill Prize (2011) George Washington Book Prize (2012) National Book Critics Circle Award (2011) Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction (2011)
Original source can be found here.
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