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Author Talk with Mr. Whitekey at KPC Pioneer Hall
Calendar Date:
This event will be held at the Pioneer Hall, Kachemak Bay Campus.
Join the Friends of the Homer Public Library and Homer Bookstore for an author talk with Mr. Whitekey!
Saturday, November 16th | 6:00 - 7:30pm | Doors open at 5:30pm
Pioneer Hall at KPC
Book copies available for purchase!
Mr. Whitekeys is an Alaskan musician, entertainer, and author who is known for his performances of “The Whale Fat Follies” at Mr. Whitekeys’ Fly By Night Club.
His new book, The Voyage of The Alaska Union, reveals a true, untold tale of the largest Gold Rush expedition ever launched. Eighty Greenhorns from Chicago set out to strike it rich in Alaska in 1898. One of the prospectors, Charles Harris, toted a 40-pound camera with him during the entire odyssey, but his images have remained unseen for 120 years. In The Voyage of The Alaska Union, Mr. Whitekeys reveals a true tale of Alaska History. Lavishly illustrated with 100 of Charles Harris's photographs, the book relies on century-old diaries, letters, manuscripts, and newspaper accounts that tell the story in the words of the men who were there on the Koyukuk in 1898. It's the story of tough men who survived with what they had. It may be 70 below, you may have forgotten to pack your tent on a hundred-mile trek, but if you had doughnuts, everything was just fine.
