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Presented in partnership with The Washington Heritage Museums. The Central Rappahannock Regional Library is hosting four book discussions in celebration of America’s semiquincentennial. The final of the four books, Alan Pell Crawford’s This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America’s Revolutionary War in the South, will be held in the historic building of The Mary Washington House, where Mary Washington, the mother of George Washington, lived for the last seventeen years of her life in the late 18th century.

The book offers an opportunity to explore a critical, yet often overlooked, aspect of the American Revolutionary War: the battles fought in the South, and how the British surrender at Yorktown was a direct result of the southern campaign. Told through stories of heroic men and women, many of them unsung patriots, Crawford addresses various misperceptions and contradictions of how America came to be, as well as reinforcing the importance of the southern campaign in the Revolutionary War. Sign-up required at librarypoint.org.

Contact the Porter Adult Services Desk at 540–372–1144, extension 7339, to request a copy to be held for you or sent to another branch for your convenience. A library card is not required to reserve this book. Limited copies are available.

Meets at The Mary Washington House, Monday, July 27, 6:00-7:30