Not only does Bank Square Books in downtown Mystic provide books for bibliophiles, now it will provide authors as well.
Some of the book store’s guest authors of late have included George C. Daughan, author of If By Sea: The Forging of the American Navy-From the Revolution to the War of 1812; Nancy Clark, author of July and August; and Todd McLeish, author of Golden Wings and Hairy Toes, who spoke at the Mystic & Noank Library.
Bank Square Books owner Annie Philbrick announced that Lincoln Chafee, the former Republican U.S. senator, will visit the book store on Thursday, June 26 at 7 p.m. to talk about his recent memoir, Against the Tide: How a Compliant Congress Empowered a Reckless President.
In Against the Tide, Chafee discusses his role as the lone Republican in the Senate to have voted against the authorization of the use of force in Iraq. He was also the only Republican to vote for the Levin amendment, calling for a non-binding timetable for a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.
Philbrick noted, “In Against the Tide, Chafee discusses his political roots in Rhode Island, serving first on the city council in Warwick and then as the city’s mayor. When his father, John H. Chafee, passed away in 1999, while finishing up his final term as senator, Chafee was appointed by Governor Lincoln Almond to finish his father’s term. In 2000, he ran for re-election and won a full six-year term of his own to the Senate.”
Other upcoming visiting authors include Padma Venkatraman, author of Climbing the Stairs on June 28 at 3 p.m. and Linda Greenlaw, who penned the mystery Fisherman’s Bend. Greenlaw will speak July 19 at noon.
Copies of Chafee’s book will be available for autographing and sale.
For more information, call the store at 860-536-3795 or visit www.banksquarebooks.com.