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Join us every second Tuesday for our new History Book Club, led by local Tom Drinkwater. Stop by the checkout desk to request a copy of the book.
This month's book will be chosen by attendees from the September and October meetings.
Tom Drinkwater
Tom Drinkwater grew up in Connecticut and developed a love of history from an early age; as an elementary student at Springdale School, Tom loved reading the Landmark history book series and credits this series with growing his interest in U.S. history. After attending the University of Virginia and majoring in History (focusing on U.S. and Russian history), Tom started his 35 year long career in publishing where he often focused on history books. He was hired at Random House as a sales representative and was lucky enough to meet many amazing authors, such as Julia Child and Toni Morrison. On one memorable occasion, he even met a man named Bob Lomis, who was the editor of that very same Landmark history series from his childhood! After working at Random House, McGraw-Hill, and other publishers, Tom left publishing and became an Advertising Consultant for The Sun Time News. Today, Tom shares this love of reading with his three daughters who, he admits, prefer fiction. He nourishes his passion for books and history as a regular consumer of the Sunday Book Review, The New Yorker book section, and all of the latest and greatest history books he can find at the Chelsea District Library, the Dexter District Library, and Serendipity Books.
The Chelsea District Library is a single branch library serving the City of Chelsea and surrounding townships. The library has 4 small study rooms, one medium meeting room, and the McKune room, our main programming room.