Eighth Annual Governor Henry Lectures



"The Mind of a Patriot: Patrick Henry and the World of Ideas"



Charlotte Court House

3:00 p.m. Saturday, May 3, 2008



Library of Virginia

5:30 p.m. Monday, May 5, 2008.



Kevin J. Hayes, Professor of English at the University of Central Oklahoma,
will present the Eighth Annual Governor Henry Lectures at Charlotte Court
House on Saturday, May 3, and again at the Library of Virginia on Monday,
May 5, 2008.

Professor Hayes's lecture will summarize his forthcoming book, *The Mind of
a Patriot: Patrick Henry and the World of Ideas*. An examination of Henry's
career in light of the volumes in his personal library, Hayes's book
demonstrates that (despite accusations by some of his politic rivals) the
evidence of Henry's extensive reading affords a better understanding of his
views and influence in the American Revolution. Hayes's book will be
published by the University of Virginia Press in the autumn of 2008.

Kevin J. Hayes is among the nation's preeminent experts on reading and
libraries in early American culture. A magna cum laude graduate of the
University of Toledo, he took his doctorate in English from the University
of Delaware. His many other published works include *A Colonial Woman's
Bookshelf* (1996); books about Captain John Smith, Edgar Allan Poe, Herman
Melville, Stephen Crane, and the libraries of William Byrd of Westover and
Benjamin Franklin; and studies of filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Charlie
Chaplin.

The annual Governor Henry Lectures are jointly sponsored by the Patrick
Henry Memorial Foundation and the Library of Virginia. The Patrick Henry
Memorial Foundation owns and operates Red Hill, the patriot's last home and
burial place near Brookneal, Virginia. The Library of Virginia holds the
world's most extensive collection of material about the Old Dominion and has
been a steward of the commonwealth's documentary and printed heritage since
1823.

     The Governor Henry Lectures are open to the public at no charge. Free
parking is available at both venues.


-- 
Jon Kukla
www.JonKukla.com

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