Costco to Host Book Signing for Local Wilmette Authors

Kathy Hussey-Arntson and Patrick Leary will be available to sign copies of pictorial history
 
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - Oct. 7, 2013 - PRLog -- Wilmette is best known for its tree-lined, brick-paved streets, nice homes and lovely lakefront. Yet a peek beneath this placid suburban surface reveals a surprisingly lively history, ranging from the early years of hardscrabble farms carved out of dense forest to decades of conflict with German-speaking tavern owners in the culturally distinctive village of Gross Point.

“No Man’s Land” along Sheridan Road once sported a dazzling movie palace and a Jazz Age nightclub along with hot dog stands, beach clubs and speakeasies that defied Wilmette’s buttoned-down reputation. The huge engineering effort to reverse the flow of the Chicago River bestowed on the village a cozy harbor and a busy lakefront park, both soon dominated by the massively incongruous but serenely beautiful Baha’i Temple.

Hometown to such diverse figures as Charlton Heston, Ann-Margret, Bill Murray, Pete Wentz, and Rahm Emanuel, Wilmette has long been a fine place to grow up as well as a bustling, civic-minded community with more than its share of surprises.

Drawing upon the extensive collections of the Wilmette Historical Museum, Kathy Hussey-Arntson, museum director, and Patrick Leary, museum curator, have chosen images that capture highlights from over 150 years of Wilmette’s varied and occasionally contentious history.

Join the Authors for a Book Signing!

Where:
 Costco

2900 Patriot Blvd, Glenview IL 60026

When: Friday, October 18th, 2013; 11:00 a.m.—2:00 p.m.

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (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?
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