From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director
Latest Aberdeen postcard added to our collection. Not sure when published, but postmarked 1943, and has the purple ‘Win the War’ 3 cent stamp. Can see some of the landmark buildings of Maysville in the distance.
Last week we were visited by Gordon Lloyd Jones, longtime resident of Maysville. He graciously gave the library several books that he wrote, and all have a local connection. Power in the Clouds and Ghosts in the Sky both give an insider’s look at the workings of the J.M. Stuart and Killen power stations. Both had a tremendous impact on the economic health of our area—Gordon discusses the day-to-day running, the employee culture, and the future of the now barren sites. On a very personal level, he has also written The Son Also Rises: Divinely Encountered Too about his life and God’s intervention. WWII: The Fighting Faris Family discusses the history of the Faris family in the area, especially in Maysville.
Thanks to an article in the Ledger Independent, we were reminded of another local author that we hadn’t kept up with! Karen Ann Hopkins, back in 2012-2014 had written a young adult series titled Temptation that was quite popular. Well, we learned that book 4 in the series Deception had been out for years and no one in our library community had it—we do now. Karen has since written many books in different genres. We’ve purchased the first five in Serenity’s Plain Secrets—set in an Amish community with a non-Amish female sheriff that has to solve some rather brutal murders, another young adult series titled Wings of War that has a paranormal twist, and finally Possum Gap series with Sheriff Sadie Mills trying to stay ahead of the twists, turns and suspense set in rural Kentucky.
Last on the local front this week is Driftwood: The Life of Harlan Hubbard by Jessica Whitehead. Harlan’s name conjures up his shantyboat on the Ohio, his paintings and his environmentalism. This biography addresses them all, along with Harlan’s wife Anna and the legacy they left.
