Book Signings
Tamara Liegerot Elder will have a book signing at the library on
Saturday, May 10, 2008 from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Copies of her
book Lumgee Holot-tee: The Art of Life of Acee Blue Eagle will be
available for $22. For more information call 436-8121.
The book details the life of Acee
Blue Eagle who attended Indian boarding schools and later taught at Bacon
College. His years working as a muralist in President Franklin
Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration program are explained along with
his friendship with German artist Winhold Reiss, and his work with friends
Oscar Jacobson, Thomas Gilcrease, Angie Debo, TeAta Fisher, Woody Crumbo and
Charles Banks Wilson.
The book offers never before published information about one
of Oklahoma's most famous American Indian artists and native son, as well as
27 color images and a multitude of black and white photos.
Judy Goodspeed will have a book signing at the library on
Monday, November 19th from 4:30 p.m. until 6 p.m.
Her book Cowboy Sweethearts will be available in hardcover for $25 and
softcover for $15. Cowboy Sweethearts includes the true
stories of eleven women who married prominent men of the rodeos. Some
stayed at home to run ranches, work outside the home, and raise children.
Others accompanied their husbands on the rodeo circuit. A few were rodeo
participants. The reader gets a glimpse of rodeo life from the days of camping
out in tents and sending telegrams to the age of traveling in horse trailers
with built-in living quarters and talking on cell-phones. Profiles
include: Vicki Herrera Adams, Margaret Hart Deakins, Jo Ramsey Decker, Decie
Nowlin Goodspeed, Jackie Smith McEntire, Donna Casity McSpadden, Cleo Crouch
Rude, Linda Ament Russell, Nell Truitt Shaw, Michelle Smith West, and Cassie
Loegel Whitfield. There are over 80 photographs.
Murder by Dewey Decimal by Steve Bagley
Thursday, September 13, 2007 - Books available for $16.95
Rilla Askew - 10:30 a.m. Saturday, September 29, 2007
Come and See: A Photojournalist's Journey Into the Life of Mother Teresa
by Linda Schaefer
Saturday, October 6, 2007
1:30 - 3 p.m. at East Central University Library
6:30 - 8 p.m. Ada Public Library
Alternative Oklahoma by Davis Joyce
Thursday, April 5th 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Books are $19.95 - Refreshments provided by ALF
Miracles at McCalls: The History of a Bright Future by O'Neal Netherland
Mr. Netherland served as the President of the McCall's Chapel board from 1967-2001
Saturday, March 31st - 10:30 a.m. to noon. Copies will be available for $12.
Refreshments provided by Ada Library Friends
Anya's Tale by Kay Simmons
Kay Simmons will be at the Ada Public library on Monday, November 13th, 2006 from 2-3:30 p.m. to sign copies of her
book, Anya's Tale: Book 1 of the Enfante Mere. This is the first book in
a planned trilogy. Simmons is a frequent library user and is employed at
the Aldridge Coffee Shop. This soft cover book will sell for 19.95.
Simmons was born in 1981 in Richmond, Ind., and attended
Richmond High School. From her first job as a late night DJ at WECE to her
current job as a waitress, she has had the same dream: to be a published
author. She currently lives in Ada with her husband, Jeff, and daughter,
Phoenix.
A Small Taste of Redwine by Carroll E. Redwine
Mr Redwine will present to sign his memoir on Thursday, November 2, 2006 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. at the Ada Public
Library.Redwine's book details a short history of his family which most
readers will find refreshing, and although sometimes serious, nearly always
comical. Redwine is a resident of Sulphur, Oklahoma. Books will be
available for sale - hardcover $26.85 and softcover $22.10.
Saints and Sinners of Okay County by Dayna Dunbar
September 6, 2006 at 6 p.m. Dunbar's novel The Saints and Sinners of Okay County was selected by readers as
the 2006 Oklahoma Reads Oklahoma book. It's the story of Aletta Honor, a
hardscrabble heroine in 1970's small town Oklahoma who must foster her hidden
talents and strengths in order to reclaim her life and help her family survive.
Dayna is a former Oklahoman now living in New Mexico. Her second novel
The Wings That Fly Us Home, as well as, The Saints and Sinners of Okay
County will be available for sale during the presentation. Contact the
library for more information.
Dear Megan: Letters on Live, Love and Fragile X by Mary Beth Busby and Megan Massey
Former Oklahoma resident, Mary
Beth Busby, will have a presentation and book signing at the Ada Public Library
Thursday, August 24th, August 24, 2006 from 4:30 to 6 p.m.
Books will be sold for $16.95. Contact the library for more information.
When Busby’s sons, Robert and Jack,
were born in 1964 and 1965, Fragile X had not even been identified as a genetic
abnormality. By the time Massey’s sons, Jack and Jacob, were born in 1989
and 1991, a few researchers had identified it, but few pediatricians knew it
existed. Today it is known that Fragile X affects 1 in 4000 males and 1 in
6000 females of all races and ethnic groups. Busby and Massey met when they both
became active in the Fragile X Research Foundation and wrote Dear Megan
to offer hope and support to millions of parents who care for and love their
disabled children. Written in the form of intimate letters between the two
authors, who are separated in age by a generation, the book reveals the personal
side of parents struggling with the challenges of school systems and health
systems, marriage, and life to care for their disabled sons. It also shows
the joy and love they find through these special children.
The God Society by Samuel Duffy
The God Society is a religious distopia set in an unestablished future in the last modern city,
which is run by a man who claims he is an antenna for God. Books may be purchased for $15.Book Signing: Monday, December 5, 2005 -
4:30 to 6 p.m.
The Drifters: A Christian Historical Novel about the
Melungeon Shantyboat People.
Tony Holmes Shook of Hastings, Oklahoma, spent eighteen
years researching and writing the book. The book begins in 1837 in
Kentucky when Harriett Holmes boards a Kentucky shantyboat that will be her home
for a decade. The book follows Harriett and her family through the Trail
of Tears, the Civil War, and Texas cattle drives.Books may be purchased for $23 (price includes
shipping) by contacting the author at: Rt. 1, Box 69K
Hastings, OK 73548
Presentation date: Friday, March 4, 2005 from
9:30-11:00 a.m. Books available for $19.95
Johny Barbata: The Legendary Life of a Rock Star Drummer
by Johny Barbata
Johny shares stories of his life as a musician on the road
with hit groups including: Turtles, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Stephen
Stills and Neil Young.Presentation date: February 17, 2005 from
3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Books will be available for $35.
The Politics of Hollowed Ground: Wounded Knee and the Struggle for Indian Sovereignty, by Mario Gonzalez and Elizabeth Cook-Lynn
The book covers Sioux history from before the Wounded Knee tragedy to modern
times, through the Sioux Nation's long dialogue with the U.S. government over
control fo South Dakota's Black Hills, traditional Sioux lands recognized by
treaty in 1877 and never forfeited or sold. It is a powerful story of the
ongoing struggle of indigenous Americans in the twentieth century United States
and of its shift in focus from traditional battlefields and massacre sites to
federal courtrooms and the hills of Congress.
Presentation Date: December 28, 2004 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. - Books available for
$19.95
Everlasting Fire: Cowokoci's Legacy In the Seminole Struggle Against Western Expansion, by
John Elder.
Elder's book provides a well researched biography of Cowokoci, and Wild Cat, a
Florida Seminole warrior and chief, as well as a history of Seminole Indians in
Florida and their transportation with the Black Allies, including slaves and
freedman, to Indian Terrory. In the Indian Territory, Cowokoci negotiated
with the United States government to secure land for the Seminoles.
Surviving descendants of those Black Seminoles became the Freedman bands of the
Oklahoma Seminoles. Blacks who followed Cowokoci to Mexico later became
the nucleus for the famed Black Seminole scouts in Texas
Presentation Date: November 18, 2004 3 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. - Books available for $24.95
Writers of the Future, includes winning story by Matt
Champine
Ada writer, Matt Champine, was one of the four
quarterly winners in the 2003 L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future contest for
his 60-page short story. Part of the prize was a weeklong writing workshop
in California, taught by well-known science fiction writers.Presentation date: September 14th from 4 p.m. to
6 p.m.
The Ransom of the Rune Writer, by Joe Jared
The story is set in 850 AD in Southeastern
Oklahoma where Norse colonists are trying to start a new life on a new
continent. Their leader, a man called Glome, chisels his name on a huge
stone. The letters are still there today at the Heavener Runestone State
Park. No on knows why or how Glome came here. Jared weaves the tale
of a young man, the son of a Viking chief, who believes that the gods have
singled him out for glory. Glome follows his father's footsteps as he
travels to England and to Oklahoma in his adventurous voyage of discovery.
Joe Jared was born in Ada and graduated from East
Central University in 1974. His college time was interrupted by a
four-year adventure in the US Army, including a tour in Viet Nam. He now
lives in Yukon with his wife, Cathy, and works as an administrative hearing
officer for the State of Oklahoma. Writing novels and poetry is his
passion.
Pontotoc County Conspiracy, by Phillip Swatek
This novel recounts the unsettled conditions in
the last part of Indian Territory, including Pontotoc county, heart of the
Chickasaw Nation, where distant courts and thin law enforcement brought many to
administer their own personal justice. The novel fictionalizes the crime
of April 19, 1909, commonly referred to as "four men hanging" - when outraged
citizens took the law into their own hands.
Phillip M. Swatek, a naval aviator in World War
II, started his career after the war in West Texas as a newspaper reporter
and editor. He also wrote freelance articles for Southwestern farm and
ranch magazines. Following the newspaper and magazine trail, Swatek moved
eastward and became Washington correspondent for the Cincinnati Enquirer.
After Jack Kennedy's election, Swatek became Director of the Federal Aviation
Agency's Office of Public Affairs. Later he served as FAA Regional
Director in Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and Europe, Africa and the
Middle East. Swatek retired from government service in Brussels, Belgium
in 1985.
Reviews:
"If I had to recommend just one book on
reading about Ada and Pontotoc County, it would be this book. It is
fiction only because he uses description to make the reader feel as though he
were at the scene. His understanding of the role of Indians, railroads and
business of that early period is both fascinating and I think accurate. I
think this is a valuable addition to the Oklahoma public libraries."
Stanley P. Wagner
President Emeritus
East Central University
Presentation date: October 20, 2003
Howard Zinn, by Dr. Davis Joyce
This is the first biography of Howard Zinn, the 80-year-old historian and activist. Zinn is
the author of the popular alternative history of America, A People's History
of the United States that was published in 1980. Zinn states in the
book "he prefers to try to tell the story of discovery of America from the
viewpoint of the Arawaks, of the Constitution from the standpoint of the slaves,
of Andrew Jackson as seen by the Cherokees... of the rise of industrialism as
seen by the young women in the Lowell textile mills.
In the first-ever
biography of Zinn, Joyce examines his life, especially his involvement in the
Civil Rights movement and the Viet Nam War protests. Joyce also summarizes
Zinn's books and his accomplishments to date.Joyce says that Zinn's "life
has been motivated by the vision of what American could be, as opposed to what
it actually is, and has been dedicated to the struggle to make that vision a
reality"
Joyce is a professor
emeritus of history at East Central University and teaches part-time at Rogers
State University in Claremore.Presentation date:
October 14, 2003
The Story of Byrds Mill
Spring: Ada's Fountainhead, by Grace Boeger
Ada has been blessed
with its water supply in large part because of another natural resource, a hugh
quantity of limestone and shale. Abundant water was an essential element
in limestone becoming cement. The story of Byrds Mill Spring reveals the
little know and incredible account of how all these natural resources come
together.
Grace Boeger is a resident of Ada, Oklahoma