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2011 Missouri Literary Festival: The Civil War
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 Greetings!
On behalf of former First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, the 2011 Missouri Literary Festival is pleased to invite you to High Tea with Janis Cooke Newman, author of Mary: Mrs. A. Lincoln. This special ticketed event will accommodate no more than 80 guests, and tickets are available exclusively from Literary Festival Board members. For more information, see the article below. For details on the festival and its events, please visit our website.
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Janis Cooke Newman brings Mary Todd Lincoln to life in
Mary
Meet the author at High Tea with Janis Cooke Newman, Sept. 24 at The Creamery
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The 2011 Missouri Literary Festival: The Civil War is delighted to announce the availability of tickets to High Tea with Janis Cooke Newman, a special ticketed event to be held 3:30-5:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24 at The Creamery Arts Center.
Guests will sit at glittering tables and sip tea from fine china as they fortify themselves with sandwiches and scones, all while listening to the author of Mary discuss her poignant work of historical fiction.
While Mary Todd Lincoln's detractors portrayed her as unstable, demanding and self-centered, Newman reveals the complexities of a bright, ambitious, passionate and very misunderstood woman.
Beginning in the asylum to which she was commited by her son, Mary shuttles between past and present as Newman brings Mary Todd Lincoln's human experience to the fore. Mary takes us through Lincoln's personal recollections -- from her Kentucky childhood through her marriage, the births and deaths of children, the Civil War, her husband's assassination and beyond.
Tickets to High Tea with Janis Cooke Newman are $25 apiece, and only 80 will be sold. Tickets to the tea also provide general admission for all three days of the festival. Tickets may be purchased from any Literary Festival Board member, (listed top right) or contact Board Chairman William Brandon Bowman at (417) 865-0450.
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Something About MARY What was the first lady to be dubbed "First Lady" like? Well, it's complicated A Southern Belle The daughter of prominent Kentucky merchant and state senator Robert Smith Todd, Mary was a vivacious belle -- socially graceful, witty and fluent in French. Although raised in a household with slaves, she became a fierce abolitionist. An Educated Woman
Mary's schooling went well beyond the average for a women of her era, and she was an avid student of politics, serving as a trusted political advisor to her husband.
A Tragic Figure
The death of her mother when Mary was only 6 had a profound impact on her. Tragedy would fall upon her again and again with the deaths of three children, her husband's assassination and her battle with her only surviving son over her very freedom.
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The 2011
Missouri Literary Festival Board
W.D. Blackmon, Ph.D.
William Brandon Bowman
Craig Anthony Carter
Sandra D'Angelo, Ed.D.
Jeanne Duffey
Kirk Elmquist
Clarissa A. French
Randal Fuller, Ph.D.
Judith Ann Gregg
Ted J. Hillmer
Randall N. Humphrey, Ed.D.
Leah Hamilton Jenkins
Kelly Knauer
Stephanie Stenger Montgomery
Kathleen O'Dell
Marilyn Quigley
Sarah Bowman Sandy
Michael Sowers
Charles A. Taylor, Ph.D.
Patricia Walker
Tickets to Tea with Janis Cooke Newman are available exclusively from Missouri Literary Festival Board members. For more information, contact Board Chairman William Brandon Bowman at (417) 865-0450.
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Thank You to
Our 2011 Sponsors
Raj Anand, M.D.
Ross and Sally Ausburn
W.D. Blackmon, Ph.D.
William Brandon Bowman
Jason Brown
Virginia C. Bussey
Conco Companies
John and Janet Crow
Tom Finnie
Gary Funk, D. Ed.
Ted Hillmer
Sarah Hitesman
Cynthia Hollander
Hazelrigg, Roberts & Easley, P.C.
J. Terry Johnson
Ruth Kelley
Kelly Knauer
Irma J. Leidig
Richard, M.D. and Faye Loeb
Gordon McCann
Lynn Meinhardt
Stephanie Stenger Montgomery
Tad and Juli Moseley
Wally and Joyce Munden
Linda Peacock
Marilyn Quigley
William Garrett Piston, Ph.D.
and Nancy Wall Piston
Positronic Industries
Dale and Sarah Sandy
Sarah Sandy - Silpada Designs
James Sauer, M.D.,
and Peggy Sauer
Michael Sowers
Springfield/Greene County
Library District
Springfield/Greene County Parks
Mary Nell Stamatis
Ronald K. Stenger
Pamela Temple Tynes
Tal and Rosalie O'Reilly Wooten
Family Foundation
 Would you like to join our sponsors in supporting the 2011 Missouri Literary Festival: The Civil War? Please contact Board Chairman William Brandon Bowman at (417) 865-0450. |
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We look forward to seeing you in September!
Sincerely,
William Brandon Bowman, Chair | Leah Hamilton Jenkins, Vice Chair
2011 Missouri Literary Festival:The Civil War
The 2011 Missouri Literary Festival: The Civil War is a project of Springfield Regional Arts Council |
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