The annual dinner meeting of the Wayne County Historical Society will be held April 27, 2011 and will feature author Edward E. Leslie of Massillon, Ohio.The title of his talk will be “The True Grit of William Clarke Quantrill, or Hollywood, History, and Me”.
A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Leslie moved to Massillon in 1982. He is the author of two books:Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls: True Stories of Castaways and Other Survivors (published by Houghton Mifflin) andThe Devil Knows How to Ride: The True Story of William Clarke Quantrill and His Confederate Raiders (Random House). The film rights toDevil have been purchased by Jerry Bruckheimer and Walt Disney Studios. Ed is the creative consultant to that film project. Jerry Bruckheimer and Walt Disney StudiosproducedThe Pirates of the Caribbean,starring Johnny Depp, andNational Treasure, starring Nicholas Cage.
From 1998 to 2009, Ed worked for a television documentary company asa researcher, interviewer, script consultant, and scriptwriter ondocumentaries broadcast by theHistory Channel and the Discovery Channel. He is presently writing two books, one fiction and one nonfiction.
The annual meeting will be held at Memories Party and Conference Center, 2437 Back Orrville Road, Wooster, at 6:00 p.m. The dinner will consist of your choice of chicken or vegetable lasagna. The cost is $20 per person for members and $25 per person for non-members.
Reservations may be made at the Historical Society office, 546 East Bowman Street, Wooster. Please call 330-264-8856 for more information. We hope you’ll join us!
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