Bill Bryson book discussion scheduled

Copies of Bill Bryson's One Summer are now available for checkout at the front desk of the Decorah Public Library.  The library's history book group will discuss the book at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, December 18th, on the 2nd floor of the library. Books The group is open to the public and newcomers are encouraged to attend.
 
Bryson's book is a wide-ranging look at the major events during the summer of 1927 in America. Bryson makes fascinating interconnections: a quirky Chicago judge and Prohibition defender leaves the bench to become baseball commissioner following the White Sox scandal, likely leaving Chicago open for gangster Al Capone; the thrill-hungry tabloids and a growing cult of celebrity watchers dog Lindbergh's every move and chronicle Ruth's every step.   
 
Bryson is the author of such best-selling books as A Walk in the Woods (1998) and A Short History of Nearly Everything (2008).
 
Call the library at 382-3717 for more information.