Barnes & Noble to Host Book Signing for St. Matthews

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - March 1, 2016 - PRLog -- Barnes & Noble to Host Book Signing for St. Matthews

Local authors, John E. Findling & Tom Morton, will be available to sign copies of book

St. Matthews is an addition to Arcadia Publishing’s series Images of America. This beautiful hardcover book by local authors John Findling and Tom Morton uses over 200 stunning images to celebrate the fascinating history of this Louisville neighborhood.

St. Matthews, once a prominent neighborhood of Louisville, is now a fourth-class city within metro Louisville. The first settlers came to the area in the 1780s, and for more than a century St. Matthews was largely an agricultural area where farmers specialized in growing potatoes. By 1900, a commercial district had grown at the intersection of several roads, known locally as the Point, and the land devoted to farming was gradually taken over by new commercial and residential development. After the great flood of 1937 and World War II, Shelbyville Road, the principal east–west street in St. Matthews, was the site of a commercial boom that included malls and other shopping centers, automobile dealerships, and a wide variety of other businesses. Today, the town of St. Matthews is a vibrant economic and cultural center that attracts people from all parts of metropolitan Louisville.

Join the author for a signing:

Where:  Barnes & Noble

801 South Hurstbourne Pkwy

Louisville, KY 40222

When: Saturday, March 12, 2016 at 3:00 p.m.

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or online (https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Products/9781467114943).

The combination of Arcadia Publishing & The History Press creates the largest and most comprehensive publisher of local and regional content in the USA. By empowering local history and culture enthusiasts to write local stories for local audiences, we create exceptional books that are relevant on a local and personal level, enrich lives, and bring readers closer - to their community, their neighbors, and their past. Have we done a book on your town?  Visit www.arcadiapublishing.com