Author Mary Jo Sonntag Shares Interesting Tale of Family's Migration to Tahoe

Author Mary Jo Sonntag will share "Write, If You Live to Get There Tracing Westward Expansion Through 120 Years of Family Letters" which tells the story of the Phillips family’s westward migration from Vermont to northern California told through a collection of letters that paint a rich and detailed portrait of American life in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

We also learn about the family’s entrepreneurial spirit and how they combined their business and hospitable instincts to build prominent resorts in the Lake Tahoe region at Phillips Station, Rubicon Springs and Meeks Bay. Mary Jo will introduce us to this lively clan through the letters and storytelling.  She promises an entertaining and informative program.

This event is on August 13 at 6 p.m. and is presented by the Friends of the Library. Free and open to all.

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