Holiday Open House & Local Author Book Signing

The staff and Board of Directors of the Matheson History Museum invited local authors and members of the community to celebrate the holidays with food, shopping, book signings, and a cookie baking contest.

Attendees took advantage of the Matheson’s gift shop sale (25% for museum members, 20% off for all others). Proceeds support museum programming.

Copies of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’s Cross Creek and Cross Creek Cookery were available at a special table operated by the Friends of the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Farm, which is preparing to celebrate the 75th anniversary of these two classics in 2017.

Author Ibram X. Kendi, winner of the 2016 National Book Award for nonfiction, signed copies of his new book, Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America.

Several WAG authors were among those invited to participate:

Rie Burton – author of The Thomas Center: Illustrated History and Guide
Lola Haskins – http://lolahaskins.com/
Kate Dupes Hawk – author of Florida and the Mariel Boatlift of 1980
Karen Kirkman – author of The Historic Haile Homestead at Kanapaha Plantation
Robert Knight – author of Silenced Springs: Moving From Tragedy to Hope
Sandra Lambert – http://www.sandragaillambert.com
Michele Leavitt – https://michelejleavitt.com/
Darlene Marshall – http://www.darlenemarshall.com
Ann Browning Masters – 12th generation Floridian and author of  Floridanos, Menorcans, Cattle-Whip Crackers: Poetry of St. Augustine
Robert F. Moore – author of Magnesia Springs in Alachua County, Florida
Dorothy Smiljanich – author of Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park
Carol Ray Skipper – author of Funalicious