Costco to Host Book Signing for Local Alabama Authors

T. Gary Wicks and Mary K. Roberts will be available to sign copies of Huntsville Air and Space and Hueytown pictorial histories
 
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - June 13, 2013 - PRLog -- The air age in Huntsville began more than a century ago with Will Quick’s design and construction of a flying machine, which he demonstrated in 1908 for patenting and manufacture. The space age began in Huntsville a half century later with the advent of Wernher von Braun’s Redstone Jupiter C rocket, which launched America’s first satellite, Explorer 1, into orbit in 1958. A decade later, Huntsville was at the epicenter of the greatest technological achievement of the 20th century as the Saturn V rocket propelled humankind to the moon. Nowhere in the world is the century’s rapid advance of air and space technology more apparent than in Huntsville.

A portion of profits from the sale of this book will be donated to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center for restoration projects.

Join the T. Gary Wicks for a Book Signing!
Where:  Costco
1205 N. Memorial Parkway, Huntsville AL 35801
When:  Saturday, June 15th, 2013; 12:00 —3:00 p.m.

The City of Hueytown was incorporated on May 6, 1960. Since then, city officials, past and present, have provided excellent laws and codes that offer a well-designed city for its citizens. Native Americans were the first to settle along Valley Creek, while the following prominent names helped develop and establish the area: the Huey, Waldrop, Salter, Knight, Dabbs, Parsons, Vines, Crooks, and Robertson families.

The Woodward Iron Company was the first major employer, and the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company, later called United Steel Company, also provided jobs and security for many citizens. A group of famous NASCAR race car drivers from Hueytown, "The Alabama Gang," helped create an interest in racing. In addition, Hueytown has had many devoted educators who staffed the area's schools and encouraged students to strive for the best.

Join the Mary K. Roberts for a Book Signing!
Where:  Costco
3650 Galleria Circle, Hoover AL 35244
When:  Saturday, June 15th, 2013; 12:00 —3:00 p.m.

Huntsville Air and Space
by T. Gary Wicks
Images of Aviation Series
128 pages/ softcover
Published: February 22, 2010

Hueytown
by Mary K. Roberts
Images of America Series
128 pages/ softcover
Published: November 29, 2010

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at www.arcadiapublishing.com or
(888)-313-2665.  

Arcadia Publishing is the leading publisher of local and regional history in the United States.  Our mission is to make history accessible and meaningful through the publication of books on the heritage of America’s people and places.  Have we done a book on your town?  Visit www.arcadiapublishing.com.
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