History Mystery Book Club

Label	Information
Dates & times	Thu, 01/25/2024 - 7:00pm Thu, 04/25/2024 - 7:00pm Thu, 07/18/2024 - 7:00pm
Category	Book Club
Age Groups	Adult

Historical Fiction book discussion group, meets quarterly

Start time: 7:00 PM – Duration: 1 hour

Location: Wright Library’s Aberdeen Room (unless otherwise noted below)

This book discussion club focuses on nonfiction titles that feature some of the unknown events or mysteries that have occurred throughout different parts of history.

Extra copies of the upcoming book will be available for checkout at the Main Level Information Desk.

Upcoming titles:

January 2024
April 2024
July 2024
October 2024

January: Polonium in the Playhouse

Discussion on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024

About Polonium in the Playhouse: The Manhattan Project's Secret Chemistry Work in Dayton, Ohio by Linda Carrick Thomas

At the height of the race to build an atomic bomb, an indoor tennis court in one of the Midwest's most affluent residential neighborhoods became a secret Manhattan Project laboratory. Polonium in the Playhouse presents the intriguing story of how this most unlikely site in Dayton, Ohio, became one of the most classified portions of the Manhattan Project.