On Sunday, November 22 at 2:30 PM, join Ohio author Dr. David Lucas as he relates the adventures of local frontiersman Michael Tygart.
Tygart was a hunter and scout in Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky during the time of George Washington, Simon Kenton, and Daniel Boone.
After a question and answer session following the presentation, Dr. Lucas will be available to autograph copies of his book, Michael Tygart: The Forgotten Frontiersman. Copies of his book will be available for purchase.
Michael Tygart: The Forgotten Frontiersman grew from twelve years of research and interviews with thirty-six informants. Using folknography, Dr. Lucas gathered stories preserved through oral tradition and considered them alongside written historical records. The resulting historical narrative follows Michael through the frontier while acknowledging the questions that remain in the record.
David M. Lucas, Ph.D., is an educator, minister, author, and songwriter based in Ironton, Ohio. He has taught at Kentucky Christian University, Marshall University, Ohio University, and Mountwest Community band Technical College. He teaches at St. Joseph High School in Ironton and serves as minister of Zion Church of Christ in Rutland, Ohio. He is also the founder and president of International Restoration Bible College.
Lucas has served in Scout leadership for more than three decades, including as Scoutmaster of Troop 106 in Ironton. A troop hike on the Tygart Loop at Greenbo State Park helped awaken the question that would become his book: Who was the man whose name remained on the landscape.
Light refreshments will be served.