It’s all about research! February Central Chapter meeting
Jan Cleere
Research is everything! When writing historical biographical books like our February speaker, Jan Cleere, it is easy to see how essential research is. But every book requires research—even fiction. What have you found helpful? Where do you find subjects or check important details of a location or time period? Jan will be sharing her research methods and material sources but would also like to hear how others find resources necessary for creating storylines. Our meeting will be a time of learning and sharing. We hope you can join us!
DATE/TIME: Saturday, February 8 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
WHERE: Town of Paradise Valley Town Hall on the southeast corner of Lincoln and 64th street in the Community Room
COST: $15, which includes a light lunch. Pay at the door.
RSVP: by February 4 to Barbara Lacy- lacyarts@gmail.com or 480-620-1358.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Author, historian, and lecturer Jan Cleere writes extensively about the people who first settled in the desert Southwest. As the author of five award-winning historical biographical books, she travels around the state presenting the stories of early pioneers who were instrumental in settling and civilizing Arizona Territory. Jan is a Roads Scholar with Arizona Humanities. Her monthly column, “Western Women,” appears in Tucson’s Arizona Daily Star newspaper detailing the lives of Arizona’s early amazing women. Her freelance work appears in national and regional publications. Jan has just completed her sixth book, which will be released by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (TwoDot) in March 2021. From Reveille to Taps: Military Wives on the Arizona Frontier presents the narratives of a handful of women who braved the desert Southwest with their Army husbands in the mid to late 1800s. They wrote about their triumphs and fears so that those who followed in their footsteps would know what they encountered and endured as they conquered new lands and new beginnings.
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