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Real Reads Book Discussion: The Great Contradiction:
The Tragic Side of the American Founding by Joseph Ellis
2026-07-21 09:30:00
2026-07-21 11:00:00
America/Chicago
Real Reads Book Discussion: The Great Contradiction:
We'll discuss The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding. Books are available at the Adult and Teen Services Desk one month before each discussion.
Downers Grove Public Library - Meeting Room Both (Max Capacity 100)
Tuesday, July 21
9:30am - 11:00am
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2026-07-21 09:30:00
2026-07-21 11:00:00
America/Chicago
Real Reads Book Discussion: The Great Contradiction:
We'll discuss The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding. Books are available at the Adult and Teen Services Desk one month before each discussion.
Downers Grove Public Library - Meeting Room Both (Max Capacity 100)
Downers Grove Public Library
Meeting Room Both (Max Capacity 100)We'll discuss The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding. Books are available at the Adult and Teen Services Desk one month before each discussion.
A major new history from the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Founding Brothers and the National Book Award winner American Sphinx, on how America's founders--Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Adams--regarded the issue of slavery as they drafted the Declaration of Independence and Constitution. In this daring and important work, our most trusted voice on the founding era reckons with the realities and regrets of our founding and the tragedy of its two great failures: the failure to end slavery and the failure to avoid Indian removal
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AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Virtual Program | Registration Required | In-Person Program | Book Discussions |
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