Books-A-Million to Host Book Signing for Lost Youngstown

NILES, Ohio - May 9, 2016 - PRLog -- Books-A-Million to Host Book Signing for Lost Youngstown

Local author, Sean T. Posey, will be available to sign copies of book

The massive steel mills of Youngstown once fueled the economic boom of the Mahoning Valley. Movie patrons took in the latest flick at the ornate Paramount Theater, and mob bosses dressed to the nines for supper at the Colonial House. In 1977, the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company announced the closure of its steelworks in a nearby city. The fallout of the ensuing mill shutdowns erased many of the city's beloved landmarks and neighborhoods. Students hurrying across a crowded campus tread on the foundations of the Elms Ballroom, where Duke Ellington once brought down the house. On the lower eastside, only broken buildings and the long-silent stacks of Republic Rubber remain. Urban explorer and historian Sean T. Posey navigates a disappearing cityscape to reveal a lost era of Youngstown.

About the Author:

Sean T. Posey is a freelance writer, photographer and historian. He holds a bachelor's degree in photojournalism from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and a master's degree in history from Youngstown State University. He is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Humanities at Eastern Gateway Community College. Sean is also the Urban Issues Chair at the Hampton Institute. His work has been featured in a variety of publications including Rust Wire, Citylab, Truthout and the San Francisco Chronicle as well as in the books Car Bombs to Cookie Tables: The Youngstown Anthology and the Pittsburgh Anthology, both by Belt Publishing.

Join the author for a signing:

Where:  Books-A-Million

5555 Youngstown Warren Road, Unit 660

Niles, OH 44446

When:  Saturday, May 21st, 2016; 1:00 p.m. -4:00 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/9781626198326).

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