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A Summer With Southern Authors: Kathryn Smith

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Thanks to friend Katie Kotz, I am happy to announce yet another opportunity to tune in to a virtual program. A Summer with Southern Authors is a series sponsored by the Charleston Library Society and the Evening Post Books & Buxton Books. The series will begin June 11 at 4:30 p.m. and continue throughout the summer every other Thursday at the same time.

This Thursday’s program will feature author Kathryn Smith who wrote A Story of the Fabulous Life of Gertrude Sanford Legendre. Better known as Gertie, the South Carolina native was born in Aiken in 1902, and died at her home near Charleston in 2000. Gertie’s adventures are too numerous to elaborate upon; but, if you are interested in finding out more about them and the author Kathryn Smith, go the the Library Society website charlestonlibrarysociety.org where you will be able to sign up. After signing up, you will be invited to join a Zoom session to experience the program.

I will be posting notices of the other summer programs offered by the Library Society on this blog.

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4 thoughts on “A Summer With Southern Authors: Kathryn Smith”

  1. Frances, Thanks for posting. The Library Society has lots of good lectures and right now they are on Zoom and easy to join. Folks should think about joining The Library Society and then they can receive announcements of all the lectures (currently on line) and musical programs.

      1. Just wondering if any of you tuned in for the interview with Kathryn Smith. I did. Two main take-aways
        1. Gertrude Sanford Legendre became an ardent conservationist and was a member of the Coastal Conservation League.
        2. Kathryn Smith is an author who thoroughly researches the subjects she writes about.

        Smith wrote The Gatekeeper, published in 2017. The book is about Marguerite “Missy” LeHand, FDR’s personal secretary. LeHand was far more than a love interest in FDR’s life. She was actually his de facto chief of staff and a highly influential member of the President’s administration. I think that’s the Kathryn Smith book I’d like to read!
        In the interview from the Library Society, Smith said she is working on a book that chronicles prohibition days in the United States, focusing on life in Charleston during the era. She hints that the book will not be dull!

  2. Thanks, Frances, for making me aware of The Gatekeeper by Katheryn Smith! I have read quite a few books about FDR, and this one sounds so interesting!
    Thanks for sharing about The Library Society also!! So glad you started this blog!!!

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