Presentation ~ A Prairie Faith: The Religious Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder
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When:
September 26, 2024 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
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Where:
West Plains Public Library Community Room
750 W. Broadway
750 W. Broadway
John J. Fry will present a program titled “A Prairie Faith: The Religious Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder” on Thursday, September 26 from 5-6 p.m. He will also have books available to purchase and sign copies.
John J. Fry was born in Pittsburgh and raised on a farm in Western Pennsylvania. His Ph.D. in history, specializing in rural history and the American West, is from the University of Iowa. He has taught at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, Illinois since 2003, and he became Dean of Faculty in 2022. His previous books are The Farm Press, Reform, and Rural Change: 1895-1920 and Almost Pioneers: One Couple’s Homesteading Adventure in the West.
He lives a block south of Chicago in Blue Island, Illinois, with his wife Paula.