The Kentucky Author Forum

welcomes

A. Scott Berg

December 2, 1998

Louisville, Kentucky

Biographer A. Scott Berg, author of the blockbuster best-seller Lindbergh, will be the next guest of the Kentucky Author Forum.

Aviation giant Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927, at the young age of 25. Immediately thrust into the spotlight and celebrated all over the world, Lucky Lindy would later be haunted by his immense fame when his infant son, Charles Jr., was abducted and later found dead. Berg spent nine years researching and writing the biography, delving into Lindbergh's beginnings as the son of a Minnesota congressman, his introduction to flight during his U.S. Army Air Corps training, and the repudiation he faced after being wrongly labeled a Nazi sympathizer.

Berg is highly acclaimed for his earlier biographies, Max Perkins: Editor of Genius (for which he received the National Book Award), and Goldwyn, a history of Hollywood's first five decades through the life and career of immigrant filmmaker Samuel Goldwyn.

Washington Post book critic and Pulitzer Prize-winner Jonathan Yardley will interview Berg and moderate an audience question-and-answer session. Master of Ceremonies is Keith Runyon, opinion and book editor of The Courier-Journal.

Event and Ticket Information

Wednesday, December 2, 1998

University of Louisville
Ekstrom Library Auditorium, Belknap Campus

10 a.m. -- A. Scott Berg will speak to UofL students, faculty and staff. Seats available first-come, first-served. Event is free.

Kentucky Center for the Arts
5 Riverfront Plaza, Downtown Louisville

5 p.m. Book Sale -- Wine & Cheese Reception, provided by Brown-Forman.
6 p.m. Live Interview -- Audience Q&A
7 p.m. Book signing on stage

A $15 ticket includes the above three events. Discounted tickets of $5 each for students, faculty and staff at the KCA box office--UofL photo id is required.

8 p.m. Dinner with the author

A $100 package ticket includes the above events plus dinner with A. Scott Berg and Jonathan Yardley, hosted by University President Dr. John Shumaker and his wife, Lucy, will follow the book signing. ($60 tax-deductible with proceeds to nonprofit Kentucky Author Forum.)

Tickets available at Hawley-Cooke Booksellers 502-893-0133 or the Kentucky Center for the Arts at 502-584-7777 or 1-800-775-7777. Special offer on Kentucky Author Forum tickets: Only $1 handling charge.

The Louisville Free Public Library, St. Mathews/Eline Branch, 3940 Grandview Avenue, will broadcast the event at 7 p.m. Tickets are free and may be picked up in advance at the library branch. The event will be recorded by WFPL 89.3 FM and the Kentucky Education Network (KET) for future broadcast.

The Kentucky Author Forum series is produced by Mary Moss Greenebaum and sponsored by the University of Louisville, in cooperation with Hawley-Cooke Booksellers, Kentucky Center for the Arts, and Kentucky Educational Television.