Jean Flahive of South Portland, acclaimed Maine author, will be the featured speaker with a Civil War story at USM’s Lewiston-Auburn Senior College’s Food for Thought luncheon at 11:30 on Friday, April 10, at 51 Westminster St., Lewiston. The public is cordially invited.
Jean, who has a lifelong interest in the Civil War and Maine history, will be speaking about her most recent novel, “Railroad to the Moon, Elijah’s Story.” Set in post-Civil War Maine and using historical realities, her novel weaves a tale around Oren Chency, founder and first president of Bates College, who helps runaway slave Elijah fulfill his dream.
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The author will share her personal experience as a writer of historical fiction and how her research led her to Oren Cheney, who she describes as one of Maine’s forgotten heroes.
Jean is a former Dean of students at Central Maine Community College, a former trustee of the University of Maine System, and has worked as a grant writer for numerous municipalities and non-profits. This Civil War story is a follow up to Billy Boy.
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She’s the author of “Billy Boy, the Sunday Soldier of the 17th Maine”and a co-author of “Remember Me, Tomah Joseph’s Gift to Franklin Roosevelt,” which won the Moonbeam Gold Award for Best Multi-Cultural Children’s Picture Book in 2009, and also a co-author of“The Galloping Horses of Willowbrook,” which was a finalist in the 2012 Maine Literary Awards.
Details: Food for Thought Luncheon at LASC
Friday, April 10 at 11:30pm.
Location: The Function Room – 170
USM LAC Campus, 51 Westminster St., Lewiston.
The cost, which includes lunch, is $7 with advance reservation or $8 at the door.
Reservations must be made by noon on Wednesday, March 11, by calling 753-6510. Any late callers will be considered “at the door.” Civil War story submitted by – Rachel Morin, Lewiston-Auburn Senior College