Non-Fiction Book Group

On Monday, May 21^st at 7:00pm, the Nonfiction Book Group at the Hampstead Public Library will be discussing "The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris, 1830-1900” by David McCullough. 

McCullough tells the story of the American artists and scientists who studied in Paris, and changed America through what they learned there. After risking the hazardous journey across the Atlantic, these Americans embarked on a greater journey in the City of Light. Most had never left home, never experienced a different culture. None had any guarantee of success. That they achieved so much for themselves and their country profoundly altered American history.  McCullough mixes famous and obscure names and delivers capsule biographies of everyone to produce a colorful parade of educated, Victorian-era American travelers and their life-changing experiences in Paris.  Copies of the book are available at the library.  Newcomers are always welcome.