Coffee Klatch and Book Signing

The Otter Tail County Historical Society is hosting a Coffee Klatch program and book signing with Ben Underwood on Friday, April 5, 10am.

Ben is the author of the just released book “A.J. Underwood, Pioneer of Print: The Story of a Minnesota Newspaperman.”

The great-great grandson of A.J. Underwood, Ben Underwood crafts an engrossing, well-researched and humanized portrait of A.J. Underwood, his family and the newspaper he founded in Fergus Falls in 1873. We see A.J. as a Civil War veteran, politician, farmer, husband and father who becomes a highly respected and influential journalist. Readers also gain insights into the city’s early development and how the local newspaper was an integral part of that.

Following graduation from the University of Minnesota School of Journalism Ben worked at his great-great grandfather’s newspaper from 1978 to 1986. “A.J. Underwood, Pioneer of Print” is available at the Otter Tail County Historical Society’s gift shop. Members of OTCHS receive a 10% discount on most merchandise.

Join us for Coffee and a great morning on Friday, April 5 at 10am. For more information contact OTCHS at 218-736-6038 or visit us on the web at www.otchs.org