Book Discussion: Historian & Author Terri Fisher - Lost Communities of Virginia
Venue: Christiansburg Library, Christiansburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Sunday, October 2, 2011
Time: 3:00 - 4:30 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

Description:
Local historian Terri Fisher will talk about her book "Lost Communities of Virginia" at the Christiansburg Library located at 125 Sheltman Street.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase. Lost Communities of Virginia documents thirty small communities from throughout the Commonwealth, including Riner, that have lost their original industry, transportation mode, or way of life. Using contemporary photographs, historical information, maps, and excerpts of interviews with longtime residents of these communities, the book documents the present conditions, recalls past boom times, and explains the role of each community in regional settlement.

Ms. Fisher is Outreach and Programs Coordinator at the Community Design Assistance Center at Virginia Tech. She is also the former Executive Director of the Giles County Historical Society and author of two pictorial histories of Giles County. The book is coauthored by Kirsten Sparenborg, a member of the studio of Sottile & Sottile Urban Analysis & Design in Savannah, Georgia.

The program is sponsored by the Christiansburg Library and the Montgomery Museum & Lewis Miller Regional Art Center. For more information contact Pamela Hale at 540-382-6965.

For more information on the library, visit: http://www.montgomery-floyd.lib.va.us/ or call: 540-382-6965.

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