Ambrose Lecture: Gerry Robinson on The People and Places of "The Cheyenne Story"
Helena-area author Gerry Robinson will discuss the actual people and places that inspired his award-winning novel, The Cheyenne Story: An Interpretation of Courage.
Robinson grew up in Lame Deer on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation and is a member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. His novel—the first in a planned trilogy—is a retelling of the events which led to the beginning of the Northern Cheyenne’s exile from their home in Southeastern Montana and Northern Wyoming.
Gerry Robinson spent 15 years researching and writing the book to deliver a historically, culturally, and emotionally accurate story of how the Cheyenne were extricated from their Northwest corner of the Great Plains. Robinson worked closely with tribal elders and Cheyenne cultural leaders to accurately and seamlessly incorporate native language into his text.
In 2020, The Cheyenne Story received the Western Heritage Award for Best Western Novel and the Wyoming State Historical Society Book of the Year Award for Fiction, and was a finalist for the High Plains Book Award for First Book.
The lecture takes place in the Large Community Room at Lewis & Clark Library's Helena location. Registration is not necessary for in-person attendance.
It will also be livestreamed via Zoom and Facebook Live. Register HERE to receive the Zoom link.
To watch via Facebook Live, visit the event listing on Lewis & Clark Library Foundation's Facebook page.
The lecture will be followed by a reception and book signing. Events at Lewis & Clark Library are always free and open to the public. Visit http://lclibfoundation.org to learn more. Visit the author's website at https://cheyennestory.com.
- Date:
- Thursday, November 3, 2022
- Time:
- 7:00pm - 8:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Mountain Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Large Community Room
- Campus:
- Helena Main Branch
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Presenters and Speakers
History of the Stephen Ambrose Memorial Lecture
The Lewis & Clark Library Foundation launched the first Ambrose Lecture in 2010 to honor and carry on the literary legacy of the late historian and writer Stephen E. Ambrose (1936-2002). Ambrose put down roots in Helena after taking his family on many summer trips down the Missouri River. In 2010, Ambrose’s family graciously lent their name to the Foundation’s new lecture series. Ambrose’s son, Hugh Ambrose, was the first speaker in the lecture series and nine more speakers followed: Dorothea Susag, Ruth McLaughlin, Russell Rowland, O. Alan Weltzien, Paul R. Wylie, Stu Wilson, Jamie Ford, Lorna Milne, and Scott Hibbard. Gerry Robinson will be the 11th speaker in the series on November 3, 2022.
The Lewis & Clark Library Foundation
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