Book Event at Winchester Book Gallery with Lora Chilton, Author of 1666
Join Lora Chilton, author of 1666: A Novel on May 11th, 2024 for a talk and book signing at Winchester Book Gallery!
The Winchester Book Gallery is the 51-year old, independent, locally owned bookstore serving the northern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. As a cornerstone of our community, we offer new books, Local Art, Cards, Book Fairs and Special Orders. The Book Gallery regularly hosts book signings, book clubs and community nights. In addition, we offer everyday discounts for teachers and book clubs. The Winchester Book Gallery inspires, informs and amuses customers with compelling book selections and a diverse selection of other merchandise.
EVENT TIME: May 11th, 2pm-4pm
For more information about the event, please visit: https://winchesterbookgallery.com/events/2024/05
EVENT LOCATION:
The Winchester Book Gallery
7 N Loudoun St
Winchester, VA 22601-4175
In the new book 1666: A Novel, author Lora Chilton, a member of the tribe, imagines the legendary story behind the tribe’s survival based on written colonial records and tribal oral tradition. This fictionalized reimagining is told from the point of view of the two women who managed to escape slavery in Barbados and separately make their way back to Virginia. Their escape and return is why the tribe is in existence today.
AUTHOR LORA CHILTON
About Lora Chilton: A member of the Patawomeck Indian Tribe of Virginia, Lora Chilton tells the story of her people and their unlikely survival due to the courage of three Patawomeck women. As a part of the process, she interviewed tribal elders, researched colonial documents and studied the Patawomeck language. Chilton graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing. She has worked as a Registered Nurse, a small business owner, an elected official, a non-profit executive and a writer. Memphis is her home. 1666: A Novel is her second work of historical fiction.
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Lora Chilton’s talk and book signing at the Winchester Book Gallery is the FINAL STOP of the Historic 1666 Route of the Patawomeck Women Book Tour. To honor the women who suffered this ordeal and to pay tribute to the tribe’s ultimate survival in part because of these two courageous women, author Lora Chilton’s book tour will follow this imagined route from Fredericksburg through Richmond and Williamsburg to Hampton in Virginia.
At each event, Lora will share how she came to write this story, how she studied the Patawomeck language, interviewed the elders of her tribe who kept the story alive through oral tradition, as well as conducted her own research. Lora tells a powerful story of discovering her own heritage and then uncovering this story that up until now has only been known within the tribe.
You also may view postings on Chilton’s social media throughout the tour.
