E. L. Doctorow November 1, 2005

E. L. Doctorow?s novels include The Book of Daniel, Ragtime, World?s Fair, Billy Bathgate, and City of God. Among his many honors are the National Book Award, two National Book Critics Circle awards, the PEN/Faulkner Award and the National Humanities Medal. His new novel, The March, takes General William Tecumseh Sherman?s famous march through Georgia and the Carolinas, near the end of the Civil War, and transforms it into a powerful metaphorical reflection on the march of life itself. COST: $12, $8, $6 http://libwww.library.phila.gov/calendar/pfllticks.cfm