Author Barbara Kailean Welsh

During the program the author will talk about her new book Blazing a Trail: The Unconventional Life of Harriet Hosmer.  Harriet was a random traveler enjoying the beauty of the Upper Mississippi wilderness when she ran to the top of a bluff overlooking Lansing, Iowa.  The moment was memorialized and the site named Mount Hosmer.  No one knew the young woman would become one of the most famous female sculptors in the world.  This book is the story of Hosmer’s life, from childhood tragedy to fame and notoriety.  Copies of the book will be available for purchase.