Costco to Host Book Signing for Eugene Author

EUGENE, Ore. - Dec. 3, 2014 - PRLog -- Arcadia Publishing’s popular, Images of America series, Eugene by local author David G. Turner is a pictorial history that boasts of more than 200 vintage images and provides readers with a unique opportunity to reconnect with the history that shaped their community.

Since its beginnings in the 1850s, Eugene has attracted independent thinkers. Its early leaders sited the town in a picturesque location along the Willamette River and were confident that agriculture and timber businesses would guide its growth.

As Eugene transformed from a settlement to a city, its citizens took an active voice in the creation of its identity like advocating for a main railroad line to run through town and determining how the commercial district would branch out from the central downtown core. Today, the population continues to express strong and diverse feelings about politics, personal rights, and the environment as it shares the common experience of living and working in a place of great natural beauty.

Join the Author for a Book Signing!

Where:  Costco

2828 Chad Drive, Eugene, OR 97408

When:  Saturday, December 13th, 2014; 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or online. (http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/9780738593234/Eugene)

Arcadia Publishing is the leading publisher of local and regional history in the United States.  Our mission is to make history accessible and meaningful through the publication of books on the heritage of America’s people and places.  Have we done a book on your town? Visit arcadiapublishing.com (http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/).

ng a graduate degree in art history at the University of Oregon (UO) and again in 2003 when he returned to the UO Museum of Art. In between those times, he was a director of three art museums and he currently teaches at UO. Eugene has many great collections of visual material, most notably the Lane County Historical Museum and University of Oregon Libraries, illustrating the unique diversity of the city’s history in this book." width="190" height="298" align="left" hspace="12" />

Eugene

by David G. Turner

Images of America series

128 pages/ softcover

Published: June 4, 2012