Bethel's Byrd's Books Hosts Program About Frontier Legends

From Byrd's Books: So...what do you really know about Daniel Boone, Davy Crocket, and "Buffalo Bill" Cody? To bring you up to speed, Fairfield, CT's Jim Motavalli, who hosts a popular radio program on WPKN-FM in Bridgeport, will be on hand to discuss and sign his latest book, The Real Dirt on America's Frontier Legends, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., at Bethel's Byrd's Books.

The first in a new Wild West series, The Real Dirt reveals what American tall tales won't tell you about the larger-than-life characters we all know from our elementary school history lessons. Byrd's Books is located at 178 Greenwood Avenue, adjacent to The Toy Room and the nearby landmarked Opera House, across the street from the Bethel Public Library.

In many cases, the stories we know of famous frontiersmen and women are no more true than the tale of Paul Bunyan. The tall tales won't tell you, for instance, that David Crockett was a congressman, and Daniel Boone a Virginia legislator. Thanks to penny dreadfuls, Wild West shows, sensationalist newspaper stories, and yes, those cherished tall tales, Jim has woven a humor-full, informative send up of the true giants of the American frontier. To learn The Real Dirt as Jim separates fact from fiction, you can save a spot and pre-order the book by going to https://conta.cc/3bfqrvB

A two-time winner of the Global Media Award from the Population Institute in Washington, DC, Jim Motavalli writes for the New York Times, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Barron's, NPR's Car Talk, Autoblog, Natural Awakenings, and lectures frequently on environmental topics in the US and abroad. His new book is a must-have for anyone who enjoys telling The Real Dirt on America's Frontier Legends while sitting around a campfire.

Byrd's Books is open Tuesdays through Saturdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sundays noon to 4 p.m. On street parking lines Greenwood Avenue, and municipal parking is available at the Bethel Public Library across the street and at the "Old Train Station" which is where Broken Symmetry now resides. There are private lots nearby as well. For more information, visit ByrdsBooks.com or call (203) 730 BYRD (2973).

This press release was produced by Byrd's Books. The views expressed here are the author's own.