Author Max Kennedy Discusses Danger's Hour

Danger's Hour: The Story of the USS Bunker Hill and the Kamikaze Pilot who Crippled Her

Thursday, May 28, 2009

6:00-6:30pm: Book Sale and Signing

6:30-7:30pm: Introduction and Discussion with the Author

Providence Public Library

Central Library

Barnard Room, 3rd Floor

150 Empire Street

Providence, RI 02903

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Author and maritime historian Max Kennedy presents Danger's Hour: The Story of the USS Bunker Hill and the Kamikaze Pilot Who Crippled Her. Opening remarks by Ted Widmer, historian, librarian, and director of the John Carter Brown Library.

Born in New York and residing in Providence, author Matthew Maxwell Taylor Kennedy is the ninth child of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy. This, his most recent book was featured in The Daily Show and has garnered praise from filmmaker Ken Burns, journalist Tom Brokaw, and historians Walter Isaacson, Doris Kearns Goodwin, and Stanley Karnow.

This event is free and open to the public. Registration is strongly recommended by emailing lmiller@provlib.org. The book will be available for sale and signing at 6:00pm by the Brown Book Store.