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Author Visit: Isaac Fitzgerald

Friends of the Library

Author Isaac Fitzgerald sets off into the heart of America, following the path of Johnny Appleseed on an epic journey that both takes him far from home and brings him closer to it. Ticketed event.

Join the Friends of DCDL for an entertaining author visit with New York Times bestselling author Isaac Fitzgerald that will be part memoir, part history, and part travelogue, taking place at Preservation Park's newly renovated Bicentennial Barn, located in McCammon Creek Park, on Thursday, September 17th from 6 pm - 8 pm.

Tickets for this event are $44.52 and include a hardback copy of American Rambler: Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed.

Registration will open at 5:30 pm to allow guests time to enjoy an apple cider slushie while shopping for authenticated Johnny Appleseed trees, culinary seasonings, fruit preserves, herbal teas, salves & tinctures, local honey, apple cider vinegar, and beeswax candles from Stillwater Valley Orchard and Apiary.

The book discussion moderated by our very own Friends board member, Monte Stevens, will begin at 6 pm.

After the discussion and Q & A, Isaac will sign copies of his book. Back copies of his other books will also be available for purchase that evening from Beanbag Books.

Agenda

5:30 PM - 6:00 PM Doors Open
Check in at registration and enjoy an apple cider slushie while shopping & mingling with other book lovers.

6:00 PM - 7:15 PM Isaac Fitzgerald Discussion & Q&A

7:30 PM - 8:00 PM Book Signing

About the Book

American Rambler follows Issac on a year-long journey from Massachusetts to Indiana, tracing the real and mythic steps of John Chapman, known as Johnny Appleseed. Isaac walks, drives, and floats along the historic heartland route from Chapman’s birthplace in Leominster, Massachusetts, through Ohio to his final resting place in Fort Wayne, Indiana, examining monuments, festivals, and landscape.

Interwoven with the travel narrative are real facts about Chapman, including his spiritual background in an obscure Christian sect and the reality that his planted apples were largely meant for hard cider rather than eating.

Isaac uses the physical trek to unpack personal themes of grief, loss, a turbulent childhood, his struggles with alcohol, and the passing of his mother during the final stages of writing.

About the Author

ISAAC FITZGERALD is the New York Times bestselling author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts (winner of the New England Book Award). He is also the author of the bestselling children’s book How to Be a Pirate, as well as the co-author of Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them and Knives & Ink: Chefs and the Stories Behind Their Tattoos (winner of an IACP Award). He appears frequently on The Today Show, and his writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Esquire, GQ, The Guardian, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, and numerous other publications. He lives with his wife and their two dogs on the North Fork of Long Island.