Story Time with Author Jonathan W. White

The Marco Island Historical Society (MIHS) presents a children’s storytime and book signing with historian and author Jonathan W. White on March 30 at 2:00 PM. White will do a reading from his book, My Day With Abe Lincoln, that includes stories of Lincoln’s childhood. Books will be available for purchase. The event is free and open to all ages.   

White is a professor of American Studies at Christopher Newport University. He has authored or edited 17 books and more than 100 articles, essays and reviews about the Civil War, slavery and emancipation, African American history, Abraham Lincoln and the U.S. Constitution. He also serves on the Ford’s Theatre Advisory Council, editorial board of Pennsylvania Magazine of History, and editor of both Lincoln Lore and The Lincoln Forum Bulletin.

The Marco Island Historical Museum is located at 180 S. Heathwood Drive. The Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free, and the site is handicapped accessible. For general information visit www.themihs.org or call 239-642-1440.