The First Wednesday Lunch Bunch has been meeting at the Callaway County Public Library in Fulton Missouri for about eight years. Every month we share our snacks and our ideas, as we talk about books and life. The group is free and open to everyone who likes to read!

You don't have to register or call ahead. You don't have to make any kind of commitment. But we're betting once you find out how much fun we have, you'll want to come back as often as you can.

This month we are reading
"Black Ellk Speaks" by John G. Neihardt

The most famous Native American book ever written, Black Elk Speaks is the acclaimed story of Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863–1950) and his people during the momentous, twilight years of the nineteenth century.

Black Elk grew up in a time when white settlers were invading the Lakotas’ homeland, decimating buffalo herds and threatening to extinguish their way of life. Black Elk and other Lakotas fought back, a dogged resistance that resulted in a remarkable victory at the Little Bighorn and an unspeakable tragedy at Wounded Knee.

Beautifully told through the celebrated poet and writer John G. Neihardt, Black Elk Speaks offers much more than a life story. Black Elk’s profound and arresting religious visions of the unity of humanity and the world around him have transformed his account into a venerated spiritual classic. Whether appreciated as a collaborative autobiography, a history of a Native American nation, or an enduring spiritual testament for all humankind, Black Elk Speaks is unforgettable.

The First Wednesday Reading Group

List for 2008

Books we read during 2007

Books we read during 2006