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Press Release

Oldham County History Center to present Ed McClanahan author of Famous People I Have Known
As part of their Kentucky Humanities Book Series

For more information contact the Oldham County History Center 502-222-0826


Front cover of
Famous People I Have Known

The Oldham County History Center is pleased to announce the second installment in their Kentucky Humanities Book series. On Saturday March 5th at 12 noon Ed McClanahan will present his book Famous People I Have Known at the Irish Rover Too in LaGrange. Mr. McClanahan lives in Lexington and is also the author of The Natural Man and A Congress of Wonders and has twice been awarded Playboy's Best Nonfiction Award twice. This series is made possible by a grant from the Kentucky Humanities Council funded under a program of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Advance registration is required.

The cost is $10 for members and $12 for nonmembers and includes lunch. Please call 222-0826 for reservations and information.

The last two "Lunch and Learn" series dates are:

Wednesday April 13: How the West Was Lost: The Transformation of Kentucky from Daniel Boone to Henry Clay written by Stephen Aaron and presented by Diane Coon

Wednesday May 11: A Taste of the Sweet Apple written and presented by Peewee Watson

For more information contact: Oldham County History Center , Nancy Theiss or Ann Zimlich
502-222-0826, 502-222-7115 (fax); 106 Second Ave.LaGrange, KY 40031
ochstryctr@aol.com, website: oldhamcountyhistoricalsociety.org
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