Join our quarterly Book Club!
Bookmarked will showcase one book quarterly with possible ties to York County. Beginning in the wake of COVID-19 as a digital program this program series has grown to have a following with people in York and beyond. Bookmarked is led by History Center member Dr. Scott Deisley and Caroline Travers, Manager of Public Programs. We are grateful for the support of the York County Libraries! They have been able to offer our book selections to York Countians who participate in our program series. Moving forward we plan to offer some of our programs in person and others virtual only. Check the program listing below for those details.
Upcoming Sessions
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Our 2025 Book Selection is
Session Canceled | Rattlesnake Colonel | Michael Maloney
Michael Maloney, author of Across the River: Murder at Accomac brings us his newest title Rattlesnake Colonel: Thomas Cresap, An American Paradox. Want to learn more about Rattlesnake Colonel before you read visit Maloney’s website. Borrow the book from the County Library here
May 19 | Pleasure Grounds of Death | Dr. Joy M. Giguere
Associate Professor of History, Dr. Joy Giguere of Penn State York will join us to discuss her book Pleasure Grounds of Death: The Rural Cemetery in Nineteenth-Century America.
August 25 | Cradle of Conservation | Dr. Allen Dieterich-Ward
Shippensburg University’s Dr. Allen Dieterich-Ward will give a talk based on his book, Cradle of Conservation An Environmental History of Pennsylvania, which explores the state’s “working landscapes” from William Penn’s famous exhortation to “leave one acre of trees for every five acres cleared” to the ratification of the Environmental Rights Amendment and today’s debates over fracking and the threat of climate change. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.
Session Canceled | November 24 | Massacre of the Conestogas | Jack Brubaker
Author of seven books, Jack Burbaker has written a variety of history focused books. His book Massacre of the Conestogas: On the Trail of the Paxton Boys in Lancaster County recalls the brutal attack on peaceful Conestoga Indians. Burbaker wrote the Scribbler for 44 years at LNP. Find his book through the County Libraries here.