- Date:
- Friday December 7, 2012
- Time:
- 1:00pm - 3:00pm
- Location:
- Selby Public Library Auditorium, 1331 First St., Sarasota
- Group Hosting:
- Selby Library
- Contact Phone:
- 861-1100
- Contact Email:
- libraryinfo@scgov.net
- Ticket Price:
- Free
- Description:
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As a starter to Selby Public Library's One Book/One Community program series and to commemorate Pearl Harbor Day, the library will be showing a Stephen E. Ambrose documentary directed by Steven Spielberg at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, at Selby Public Library. The 90-minute film covers the Pacific theater of World War II from Dec. 7, 1941 to Sept. 1945. Narrated by Tom Brokaw, this film will provide a historical background for upcoming discussions of Laura Hillenbrand’s book, "Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption."
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