Book - 2 - Movie
Monday, February 245:30—8:00 PMFriend's CornerSandown Public Library305 Main Street, Sandown, NH, 03873
Is the BOOK always BETTER? Join us on the fourth Monday of each month when we will watch a movie based on the book we have read during the month then have a discussion comparing them. Books for the next gathering are always available on movie viewing night. This is open every month to anyone who wants to join the discussion. Books are available at the library.
This month's book: 12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
Twelve Years a Slave, sub-title: Narrative of Solomon Northup, citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington city in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River in Louisiana, is a memoir by Solomon Northup as told to and edited by David Wilson. It is a slave narrative of a black man who was born free in New York state but kidnapped in Washington, D.C., sold into slavery, and kept in bondage for 12 years in Louisiana. He provided details of slave markets in Washington, D.C. and New Orleans, as well as describing at length cotton and sugar cultivation on major plantations in Louisiana.
Pizza will be available for those registered. Donations are welcome. Registration will close at 9pm the evening prior to the program.
Registration for this event opens Monday, February 3 at 9:00 AM.