Author Rachael Hanel to Speak at the Northfield Public Library

Author, Rachael Hanel will give a talk on Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 7 pm at the Northfield Public Library on her book “We’ll be the Last Ones to Let You Down: Memoir of a Gravedigger’s Daughter”.  Rachael is a former newspaper reporter and copy editor and teaches Mass Media at Minnesota State University, Mankato.  The book is described as “at times heartbreaking and at others gently humorous and uplifting”.   The book was a finalist for the 2014 Minnesota Book Awards.   The program is free and open to the public.  For more information please call the library at 507-645-6606. 

Minnesota's Own: Preserving our Grand Homes

Update: The presentation will be done by a MNHS educator, Dave Sylvester. The program was developed by author Larry Millett.

Larry Millett, author of Minnesota’s Own: Preserving our Grand Homes, will speak at the Northfield Historical Society on Thursday, October 30 at 6:30 PM about his new book.  Mr. Millett will show us pictures of some of Minnesota’s beautiful homes from around the state and tell us stories about their construction, original owners and restorations.   This program is cosponsored by the Northfield Historical Society and the Friends and Foundation of the Northfield Public Library.

 

Click here to get a glimpse of one of the homes in the book.

 

For more information call the library at 507-645-6606 or the Northfield Historical Society at 507-645-9268.