The Edge History Book Club

The second meeting of The Edge History Book Club at the Homestead Museum in the City of Industry is coming up on Friday, March 6 at 10:00 AM. The current topic is the Roaring Twenties and the second book is "Last Call" by Daniel Okrent. This book was used by Ken Burns as a source document in the making of his documentary "Prohibition".

Please call the Homestead Museum at (626) 986-8493 to reserve your space.

This year saw the inauguration of a history book club, which we call "The Edge", at the Homestead Museum in the City of Industry where I volunteer as a docent. I am fortunate to be the facilitator of the book club, which commenced on February 6. The topic for the first three-meeting session is the 1920's with the following books for discussion:

One Summer-America 1927 by Bill Bryson
Last Call by Daniel Okrent 
Dark Side of Fortune by Margaret Leslie Davis

At our first meeting, we had a group of eight individuals who shared their opinions of the book, "One Summer", and the incidents that occurred during the summer of 1927 in the United States. The meeting was kicked off with a short video of an interview with the author Bill Bryson. Paul Spitzzeri, Assistant Director of the Homestead Museum also spoke about sports in the Los Angeles area and displayed artifacts from the Museum's collection of sports memorabilia from the 1920's.

The next meeting is at 10:00 AM on Friday, March 6, when we will discuss Prohibition and "Last Call". Call the Homestead Museum at (626) 968-8493 for details. Please join us at one of the few history book clubs in the San Gabriel Valley.