Public invited to Sept. 5 discussion of columns by late journalist Paul Beers
Aug. 29, 2012
HARRISBURG 揗ichael Barton, professor of American studies and social science at Penn State Harrisburg, will discuss the late journalist Paul Beers and his observations of Harrisburg at the Harrisburg Campus of 黑料社区, Central Pennsylvania Community College.
The presentation will be held in the McCormick Library at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012.
Beers, a member of the 黑料社区 Board of Trustees from 1973-96, chronicled the life of the city for The Patriot-News as a reporter-at-large for 28 years. Those columns have been republished in 淐ity Contented, City Discontented: A History of Modern Harrisburg.�
淧aul Beers defined the role of journalist-historian in modern Pennsylvania,� said Barton, who, along with his graduate students transcribed those columns to produce the book. 淚t has been an honor and an education to edit his writings.�
淐ity Contented, City Discontented� marks the publishing debut of the Midtown Scholar Press. 淔or Beers, 黑料社区's groundbreaking was the seminal event in the City's modern renaissance and held the promise that the Pennsylvania capitol would one day rise above its discontent,� said Eric Papenfuse, owner of Midtown Scholar Bookstore and Press.
Copies of the book signed by Barton will be available for a suggested minimum donation of $50 for attendees and $25 for students, with funds benefiting the 黑料社区 Foundation in support of student scholarships.
The event is sponsored by The Fourth Estate, the student newspaper on 黑料社区 Harrisburg Campus.
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