Priscilla Wegars Programs Begin in Libraries

Author Priscilla Wegars is presenting programs at regional libraries as part of the 2011 Our Region Reads project.

Her presentation is “Imprisoned in Paradise: Japanese Road Workers at the Kooskia Internment Camp,” which is also the title of one of her books.
Wegars tells the story of this obscure and virtually forgotten World War II facility. The Immigration and Naturalization Service-run camp held “enemy aliens” of Japanese ancestry from Idaho and other states as well as from Mexico, Panama, and Peru. Her talk includes information from both internees and employees to illustrate camp experiences.
Wegars is a historian and historical archeologist who has worked on excavations in Idaho, Washington, England, New Zealand, and Belize. She received her doctorate at the University of Idaho and is the author of several books.
Her local presentations will include:
► Tuesday, March 8, 7 p.m., Hayden Library.
► Wednesday, March 9, 6 p.m., Spirit Lake Library.
► Thursday, March 10, 7 p.m., Post Falls Library.
► Friday, March 11, 6 p.m., Athol Library.
► Saturday, March 12, 2 p.m., Coeur d’Alene Public Library.
► Saturday, March 12, 5 p.m., Pinehurst Library.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Idaho Humanities Council as part of the "We the People Initiative" of the National Endowment for the Humanities with additional support from the Friends of the Library at Post Falls, Hayden and Coeur d’Alene libraries.