Join Us

Feeling inquisitive? Looking for good conversation? Love a great book? Then Books for Texans is just the thing for you. Join fellow book lovers every other month to discuss exciting books about Texas, yesterday and today.

The book club is free and open to the public. You do not need to be a member of the Museum to participate. Please check back here or on the Museum’s event calendar for specific dates.

Next Meetings

June 16 (Tuesday) @ 7:00 PM at the Georgetown Public Library, Hewlett Room
Book Selection: Harder than Hardscrabble by Thad Sitton

July 21 (Tuesday) @ 7:00 PM at the Georgetown Public Library, Hewlett Room
Book Selection: The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier by Scott Zesch

Books We've Read:
Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team and A Dream by H.G. Bissinger
Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson
Lone Star Nation: How a Ragged Army of Volunteers Won the Battle for Texas Independence by H.W. Brands
The Time it Never Rained by Elmer Kelton
Goodbye to a River by John Graves
Three Roads to the Alamo by William C. Davis
From a Watery Grave: The Discovery and Excavation of LaSalle's Shipwreck, La Belle by James E. Bruseth and Toni S. Turner
Tulia: Race, Cocaine and Corruption in a Small Texas Town by Nate Blakeslee
More than Petticoats: Remarkable Texas Women by Greta Anderson

To recommend a book for selection, fill out the Book Recommendation Form and email it back to us.  (if you do not have Microsoft Word click here [Book Recommendation Form] for a PDF form that you can mail or drop off the form at the Museum)

Interested?

For more information or to RSVP for an upcoming meeting, contact Mickie Ross at 512-943-1670 or mross@williamsonmuseum.org.