John Bicknell worked 30 years as a reporter, columnist, and editor in Florida and Washington, D.C. He is the author of two books on 19th century U.S. political history: America 1844: Religious Fervor, Westward Expansion and the Presidential Election That Transformed the Nation and Lincoln’s Pathfinder: John C. Fremont and the Violent Election of 1856; and a contributor to Heartland River: A Cultural and Environmental History of the Big Sioux River.

Featured Book: Heartland River: A Cultural and Environmental History of the Big Sioux River Valley

JOHN’S EVENTS:

• Saturday, Sept. 24 @ 1:00 p.m. – Heartland River: Telling the Stories of the Big Sioux – Oscar Larson PAC, Multi-Use Rehearsal South (195A)· 
• Saturday, Sept. 24 @ 4:00 p.m. – Author Signing Event– Oscar Larson PAC, Room 140

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