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Chills & Thrills Book Club

2:00pm–3:00pm

Teens, Adults, Seniors

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Library Branch: Decatur Public Library

Room: A. E. Staley Jr. Mfg. Company Conference Room

Age Group: Teens, Adults, Seniors

Program Type: Book Club

Event Details:

Bob Sampson on James B. Shoaff: Decatur's Civil War Newspaper Editor

2:00pm–3:30pm

Adults, Seniors

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Library Branch: Decatur Public Library

Room: J. Elizabeth Madden Auditorium

Age Group: Adults, Seniors

Program Type: Author/Speaker Event, History

Event Details:

One of the best-known newspaper editors in Illinois during the Civil War era spent most of his career in Decatur. But today few people know of James B. Shoaff.