History Book Group
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Please join the Needham History Center & Museum Book Group!
Our upcoming meeting schedule is below. All who enjoy reading books based on history are welcome! You are also invited to bring some suggestions for future books.
We read a wide range of books in history, biography, and current issues – see the past lists for a better idea. Fiction is also welcome, as long as the history is good. Please call Gloria (781-455-8860 or greis@needhamhistory.org) for more information or questions.
2021 – 2022 Schedule:
We are currently meeting on Zoom. If you wish to attend and are not on the email updates list, please notify Gloria at greis@needhamhistory.org.
September 28 – Monkey Boy: A Novel (Francisco Goldman)
October 26 – This Land is Their Land – The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving (David J. Silberman)
December 7 – Four Winds (Kristin Hannah)
January 25, 2022 – Spin (Peter Zheutlin) – local author!
February 22 – Banned in Boston (Neil Miller)
March 22 @ 1:30 pm – All about Annie Oakley! Choose a biography about Annie Oakley to discuss and compare at this meeting.
April 26 @ 1:30 PM – The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World’s Favorite Board Game (Mary Pilon)
May 24 @ 1:30 pm – Liberty’s Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World (Maya Jasanoff)
June – TBD
See our reading lists from previous years.