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Plymouth City-Wide Book Read Event #1
Start: 7:00 pm

The city of Plymouth will be kicking off their first ever city-wide book read with an event on Monday, February 1 at the Plymouth Historical Society.

The Plymouth Fine Arts Council has selected Michael Perry's book Population 485 as this year's selection for the event.

Population 485 is a humorous and thoughtful memoir of the author's experience as a volunteer firefighter, learning more about his home town while meeting his neighbors one siren at a time.  The Wisconsin State Journal called it "the best book about small-town life ever written."

The event on February 1 will feature Plymouth major Kelly Slavic. Attendees will be invited to tour the museum, sample old-time treats, and learn more about Plymouth's past.

This is the first of three events surrounding the city-wide book read. The other events are on Saturday, March 13 and Monday, April 19. More information about those two programs will be available soon.

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Gear West & The Bookcase welcome Christopher McDougall

 

Born to RunGear West and The Bookcase are pleased to welcome Christopher McDougall, author of the bestselling book Born to Run.

The event will be on Wednesday, September 15 at 6:30 in the evening at Gear West in Long Lake (1786 West Wayzata Boulevard).

McDougall traveled to Mexico's Copper Canyon to discover the running secrets of the Tarahumara Indians. For centuries, the Tarahumara have practiced techniques that allow them to run hundreds of miles without rest. How do they do it? That's exactly what McDougall wanted to know.

Part cultural anthropology mixed with personal memoir and the history of running,Born to Run is "hilariously funny, weird, and nonstop fun to read. Runners can sink their teeth into it," says Bill Rodgers, a four-time winner of the Boston Marathon.

Christopher McDougall is a former war correspondent for the Associated Press and is now a contributing editor for Men's Health. A three-time National Magazine Award finalist, he has written for Esquire, The New York Times Magazine,Outside, Men's Journal, and New York. He does his own running among the Amish farms around his home in rural Pennsylvania. 

Tickets are $5.00, and are available at either Gear West or The Bookcase. 

This is an event that you won't want to miss!

 

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