Meet Verona Native and Author Carolyn Porter. Marcel's Letters: A Font and the Search for One Man's Fate
Date and Time
Thursday Apr 5, 2018
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM CDT
Description
A font, a Frenchman, and fate were the inspirations for Verona native and author Carolyn Porter. Porter will discuss her book, Marcel’s Letters: A Font and the Search for One Man’s Fate, at the Verona Public Library on Thursday, April 5, from 7 to 8 p.m. A stack of beautifully penned letters that Porter found in a Minnesota antique store 60 years after they were written, led Porter on a twofold journey: transforming the handwriting into a modern computer font, and uncovering what happened to the letters’ author, a Frenchman interred in a German labor camp during World War II. Porter recounts her undertaking in her new book A Font and the Search for One Man’s Fate. Books will be available for sale and signing. This event is sponsored by Holiday Inn Express & Suites. To register, or for information, visit www.veronapubliclibrary.org, or call 608-845-7180. The Verona Public Library is located at 500 Silent Street.