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Author Talk: When Winter Came, by Mary Beth Sartor Obermeyer In-Person
In 1918, the worldwide influenza pandemic engulfed the small town of Titonka, Iowa. Dedicated community physician Dr. Pierre Sartor treated more than 1,100 patients–and by his reckoning, lost only five. His prescription resonates with us in the 21st century era of COVID: wear a mask … practice hygiene and isolation … be kind.
Dr. Sartor’s handwritten memoir of that searing experience, “Thrills of my life,” was discovered decades later by his granddaughter, Mary Beth Sartor Obermeyer, in a lockbox filled with family documents.
Join us for an "Author Talk" to celebrate this facinating book with local ties.
Program:
- Welcome
- Interview with author – Mr. Matt Dacy, from the Mayo Clinic Department of Development, will connect with the author via zoom to give us background on the book.
- Reading – The author of When Winter Came, Ms. Mary Beth Sartor Obermeyer (connecting remotely via zoom), will read a passage or passages from the book.
- Author Q & A – Mr. Dacy will conduct a question and answer with the author (who is connecting remotely via zoom).
- Mr. Dacy and author Ms. Obermeyer (still connecting remotely via zoom) will present scans from the author’s research to the Center for Dubuque History.
- Alumna Gina Haze will present an original Loras collegiate sweater (belonging to alumnus John Joyce) to the Center for Dubuque History.
Books available for purchase before and after the program.
Kristen Smith