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Join us for a discussion with author Lynne Joiner on her new book Honorable Survivor: Mao's China, McCarthy's America and the Persecution of John S. Service.
Lynne Joiner, a veteran broadcast journalist and documentary filmmaker, recounts the extraordinary story of John Service, who was sacked by the Foreign Service during Sen. Joseph McCarthy?s Communist witch hunts of the 1950s. Joiner had special access to newly released Soviet and American documents which contain evidence that Service was innocent of McCarthy?s charges.
- Purchase A Western Art Print And Support The Friends
Prints of work by artists Frank McCarthy and James Bama are currently on display on the first floor of the Central Library. One hundred percent of any sale of these prints will go to the Friends of the Arlington Public Library, whose proceeds help support...
- Author Talk: "inside A U.s. Embassy"
Join us Thursday, May 26 for a discussion with author Shawn Dorman on Inside a U.S. Embassy: How the Foreign Service Works for America, at Central Library Auditorium, 7:00 p.m. Dorman will discuss - from personal experience - what kind of personnel work...
- Author Talk: "invisible Ink: Spycraft Of The American Revolution"
Join us at Central Library, in the Second Floor Meeting Room, on Thursday, May 20 at 7 p.m. as author John Nagy discusses Invisible Ink: Spycraft of the American Revolution. The book is based on almost two decades of primary research covering spy technology...
- Author Talk: "prelude To Danger" - 5/11
Join us at Central Library on Tuesday, May 11 at 7 p.m. as Arlington resident and former U.S. Secret Service staffer William D. Sample reads from his new book ?Prelude to Danger." The novel follows U.S. Secret Service special agent Gene Carey, for whom...
- Reminisce Society -- September 2015
West by Orphan Train For our September program the OPL?s Reminisce Society is pleased to hear from author and documentary filmmaker, Colleen Bradford Krantz on Tuesday, September 29, at 10:00 a.m. in the library?s meeting room. It seems incomprehensible...
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Author Talk: "Honorable Survivor" - 01/28
Join us for a discussion with author Lynne Joiner on her new book Honorable Survivor: Mao's China, McCarthy's America and the Persecution of John S. Service.Lynne Joiner, a veteran broadcast journalist and documentary filmmaker, recounts the extraordinary story of John Service, who was sacked by the Foreign Service during Sen. Joseph McCarthy?s Communist witch hunts of the 1950s. Joiner had special access to newly released Soviet and American documents which contain evidence that Service was innocent of McCarthy?s charges.
- Thursday, Jan. 28, 7 p.m., Central Auditorium
- Books will be available for sale and signing after this event.
- Purchase A Western Art Print And Support The Friends
Prints of work by artists Frank McCarthy and James Bama are currently on display on the first floor of the Central Library. One hundred percent of any sale of these prints will go to the Friends of the Arlington Public Library, whose proceeds help support...
- Author Talk: "inside A U.s. Embassy"
Join us Thursday, May 26 for a discussion with author Shawn Dorman on Inside a U.S. Embassy: How the Foreign Service Works for America, at Central Library Auditorium, 7:00 p.m. Dorman will discuss - from personal experience - what kind of personnel work...
- Author Talk: "invisible Ink: Spycraft Of The American Revolution"
Join us at Central Library, in the Second Floor Meeting Room, on Thursday, May 20 at 7 p.m. as author John Nagy discusses Invisible Ink: Spycraft of the American Revolution. The book is based on almost two decades of primary research covering spy technology...
- Author Talk: "prelude To Danger" - 5/11
Join us at Central Library on Tuesday, May 11 at 7 p.m. as Arlington resident and former U.S. Secret Service staffer William D. Sample reads from his new book ?Prelude to Danger." The novel follows U.S. Secret Service special agent Gene Carey, for whom...
- Reminisce Society -- September 2015
West by Orphan Train For our September program the OPL?s Reminisce Society is pleased to hear from author and documentary filmmaker, Colleen Bradford Krantz on Tuesday, September 29, at 10:00 a.m. in the library?s meeting room. It seems incomprehensible...