In concert with the Wabash College Classics Department, we will be showing the epic 1925 silent film version of Ben-Hur. While many of us remember the 1959 film version starring Charlton Heston, the 1925 movie with Ramon Navarro is a classic in its own right. In many ways, Navarro's version revolutionized the movie industry in Southern […]
Little Orphant Annie - Discovery, Preservation, and Restoration Eric Grayson is a nationally renowned film preservation expert, specializing in silent movies. Eric will be presenting the 1918 original film of Little Orphant Annie. This unusual surviving film features a rare film appearance by James Whitcomb Riley - the Hoosier poet and close friend of […]
Dr. Howard Miller Lecture Series at the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum presents... Reconstructing Henry S. Lane: Redefining Political Legacy Amidst Reconstruction Ambiguity. Owen Bennett, Assistant Director of the Montgomery County Historical Society, will give a lecture on the vague and misleading historiography of Henry S. Lane’s role during the era of reconstruction […]
Dr. Howard Miller Lecture Series at the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum presents… The Man Who Saved Cincinnati Peter Bronson is a newsman, editor, magazine writer and author. He has written eight books, including The Man Who Saved Cincinnati (2023), Not in Our Town (2022), and Forbidden Fruit (2020). He was an editor and […]
In conjunction with Crawfordsville Main Street's Downtown Party Night on Small Business Saturday, we are hosting our annual author fair. Authors from Crawfordsville and around the state will have books and related merchandise for sale. They are happy to discuss writing and sign books with attendees.
On Thursday, September 1, the Hoosier Authors Book Club will be reading Some Memories of a Long Life by Malvina Shanklin Harlan. Like Abigail Adams, Malvina Shanklin Harlan witnessed—and gently influenced—national history from the unique perspective of a political leader’s wife. Her husband, Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan (1833–1911), played a central role […]