Book Signing with Gaye LeBaron at the Museum
On Friday, November 9 Gaye LeBaron gave a very special presentation with Eric Stanley on her new book, The Wonder Seekers of Fountaingrove. LeBaron’s and co-author Bart Casey’s new book focuses on Thomas Lake Harris and his Brotherhood of the New Life, Lawrence Oliphant, and Kanaye Nagasawa. While it focuses on these three individuals, LeBaron says that the book is as much about Fountaingrove, the growth of Santa Rosa and California in the 20th and 21st centuries, and the October fires.
History Curator Stanley pulled items from the Museum’s Fountaingrove collection to discuss with Gaye LeBaron and how they related to the book. Visitors also had a chance to view the exhibit, “From the Fire: A Community Reflects and Rebuilds,” about the October fires that scorched all of Fountaingrove and burned the Round Barn, the last building left from historical Fountaingrove.
Books were sold at 10% discount to all program attendees andMs. LeBaron was available for signing. The Historical Society of Santa Rosa gift-wraped signed copies of The Wonder Seekers of Fountaingrove.
