“Fact and Fiction: The Fire of ’47” Talk at Jesup Memorial Library

On Thursday, Oct 27, at 7 pm at the Jesup Memorial Library, suspense novelist Matty Dalrymple and MDI researcher Sean Cox will be discussing “Fact and Fiction: The Fire of ’47.” Dalrymple will be reading from her MDI-based suspense novel, “The Sense of Reckoning,” and Cox will use historical documents and photographs to illustrate the tremendous destruction resulting from the devastating blaze that burned over 17,000 acres on Mount Desert Island. Signed copies of Dalrymple’s book will be available after the talk courtesy of Sherman’s Books.  For more information, call the library at 288-4245.