April 2 is the next NH Humanities Council Book Discussion

Join us for the next NH Humanities Council Book Group on Monday, April 2 at 7:00pm in the Lecture Hall. We will be discussing Beryl Markham's autobiography West With the Night. Come in to pick up a copy of the book today. Ernest Hemingway described Beryl Markham's book in a letter to a friend"...she has written so well, and marvellously well, that I was completely ashamed of myself as a writer...she can write rings around all of us...I wish you would get it and read it because it is really a bloody wonderful book." Pretty big compliment coming from Big Papa himself.

Beryl Markham was a fascinating woman--she bred racehorses, was a bush pilot in Africa, became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west, and to top it off she could write. All this took place in a time, the 1930s, when there were few opportunities available to women--just imagine what she could accomplish today! This book should make for an interesting discussion, hope to see you there.