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Booker T. Washington Biographer Visiting Decatur Library to Discuss New Novel
Robert Norrell, author of "Up from History" and "Eden Rise," will be part of the Georgia Center for the Book's Festival of Writers series.
The author of a Booker T. Washington biography will visit Decatur library on May 6, from 7:15-9 p.m. with his novel, "Eden Rise," according to the library's events page.
"Eden Rise" is described on the website as a novel "set in the summer of 1965 in Alabama where a clash over civil rights divides a family and a town."
Norrell is the author of "Up from History" about Booker T. Washington. His visit is part of the Georgia Center for the Book's Festival of Writers series.
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