Author Event at the Library

Your Kirkwood Public Library is hosting a discussion and book signing with Vicki Berger Erwin, the author of Kirkwood:  Images of America on Tuesday, July 23 at 2 p.m. in the east end of the Reading Room at the Library.  Copies of the book will be available for purchase through Books & Beyond, The Friends’ Gift Shop, and refreshments will be served as well.  The book is a pictorial history of Kirkwood, published by Arcadia Publishing, and is part of a series of books on small communities.  Erwin (mother-in-law of Library Director Sarah Erwin) and her husband Jim are 30-year-residents of Kirkwood.  Her research and writing allowed her an opportunity to discover Kirkwood in a new and enjoyable way.  She is the author of several books, including Mexico Missouri:  Images of America and St. Charles Then and Now. All proceeds will benefit Kirkwood Public Library!

For even more information on Kirkwood’s colorful past, come to Kirkwood Public Library for titles such as Kirkwood:  A Pictorial History , or  A History of Kirkwood, Missouri 1851-1965.

You can also find a history of one of Kirkwood’s most popular traditions, The Turkey Day Game Centennial, 1907-2007 as well as an extensive collection of Kirkwood High School Pioneer yearbooks.

Lisa Henry is the Director of Operations at Kirkwood Public Library and is currently reading Dan Brown’s Inferno.  Visit the Kirkwood Public Library at 140 E. Jefferson Ave or call at 821-5770.   Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.