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Heather O’Connell, Author interviews are possible for members of the
media. Please contact one of the library administration staff
listed above to arrange an interview. :10 The Lee County Library System presents “One Book,
One Join the celebration! “One Book, One Community:
Lee County Reads A Land Remembered” Stop by your library to check out A
Land Remembered and pick up a schedule of events. For details call
479-INFO. Join the celebration! “One Book, One Community: Lee County Reads A Land Remembered” People across our community are reading A Land Remembered and participating in book discussion programs and special events at the Lee County Library System. Don’t be left out! For program and book information, call 479-INFO.
PHOTO/STORY OPPORTUNITY Media Contact: Heather O’Connell November 15, 2004 voice (239) 461-2924
email hoconnell@leegov.com Fort Myers, FL – Lee County Library System will announce Southwest Florida’s first One Book, One Community initiative. One Book, One Community is a countywide reading and discussion program that encourages all our residents to read the same book at the same time to create a citywide book club. Join the Lee County Library System Director and staff for a press conference to announce the title of the book selected for this program on Wednesday, November 17 at 11 a.m. in the first floor conference room of the Lee County Administration Building, 2115 Second Street in downtown Fort Myers. The author, One Book One Community program coordinator and community partners will be available for questions and answers. Press kits will be available with a synopsis of the book, fact sheet and schedule of events. There will also be refreshments and a door prize. For more information, please contact Heather O’Connell at the phone number or e-mail above. --###--
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Heather O’Connell
November 17, 2994 voice: 239-461-2924
Lee County Library System unveils its first “One Book, One Community” reading and discussion programFort Myers, FL – Lee County Library System (LCLS) today announced its first One Book, One Community initiative. One Book, One Community is a countywide reading and discussion program that encourages all residents to read the same book at the same time to create a countywide book club. At a news conference today, Lee County Library System Director, Cynthia Cobb, announced the selection for LCLS’ first One Book, One Community program, as “A Land Remembered” by Patrick D. Smith. The author joined the news conference via telephone from Merritt Island, Florida and answered questions about the book. This Pulitzer Prize nominated story follows three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family who battle the hardships of the frontier in the 1850s to rise from a dirt -poor “Cracker” life to the wealth and standing of real estate tycoons in the 1960s. The author says the inspiration for this book came from his wife’s family and their experiences in the 1830s in, what was then, the wilderness of Florida. He hopes people will learn from reading this book that Florida was once a wilderness very different than it is today. Copies of
the book are available in several formats at your Lee County Library
System and local bookstores. Readers may also view the first four
chapters online at the Lee County Library System website
www.www3.leegov.com/library. Click on One Book One Community. “In
addition to sparking a love of reading and an interest in the subject
the selected books covered, organizers typically found that there was a
renewed sense of community and civic pride when everyone joined together
to read and discuss a single book.
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