Baseball's First Indian: Sockalexis
Thursday, May 9th, 7pm Louis Sockalexis was the man who inspired the nickname for the Cleveland professional baseball team in 1897 and paved the way for other pioneer American Indian baseball players, like Jim Thorpe and Hall of Fame pitcher Charlie Bender. Meet local author Ed Rice, author of “Baseball’s First Indian, Louis Sockalexis: Penobscot Legend, Cleveland Indian” a biography of the first Native American to play Major League Baseball. He will present a talk to raise a
Author Talk: Mac Smith
Thursday, April 25th, 7pm Mac Smith presents, “Mainers on the Titanic,” at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 25th, at North Gorham Public Library. Copies of the author’s book will be available for sale and signing. Registration not required. For more information, please visit libng@north-gorham.lib.me.us or contact the reference desk at 892-2575. “Mainers on the Titanic” traces the stories of passengers on that fateful ship who had ties to Maine. Many of them were wealthy summer