Please
join us on Tuesday, September 13 at 3:00 pm for a book talk by Wayne Flynt,
author of Keeping the Faith: Ordinary
People, Extraordinary Lives. This historical memoir by the widely recognized
scholar chronicles the inner workings of his academic career at Samford and
Auburn Universities, as well as his many contributions to the general history
of Alabama. The program will be held in the Special Collections and Archives
Department of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.
Wayne Flynt is a Distinguished University Professor of History at
Auburn University and author or coauthor of eleven books, including Alabama
in the Twentieth Century; Alabama Baptists: Southern Baptists in the Heart of
Dixie; Poor But Proud: Alabama's Poor Whites; Alabama: The History of a Deep
South State; and Taking Christianity to China: Alabama Missionaries in
the Middle Kingdom, 1850-1950. He has been recognized with numerous awards
and honors, including the Lillian Smith Book Award, the Clarence Cason Award in
Nonfiction Writing, the James F. Sulzby Book Award, and the Alabama Library
Association Award for nonfiction.
In addition to the book talk, a special program, "An Intimate Evening with Wayne Flynt," will be held that evening at 7:00 pm at The Gnu's Room.
This lecture is co-sponsored by the Caroline
Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities in the College of Liberal
Arts, Auburn University Libraries, and the Auburn University Bookstore. For
more information on the program, contact the Center at 334.844.4946 or visit
ww.auburn.edu/cah.
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