Alan O’Connor and Solon Cuno Barragan talk Sacto Baseball

photo by Rick Cabral http://baseballsacramento.com

Come on out this Sunday to the latest installment of the Sacramento Living Library at Time Tested Books!
We welcome Baseball historian Alan O’Conner, the author of Gold on the Diamond, the rollicking story of Sacramento baseball.  His encyclopedic and entertaining knowledge of the players, their records and their lives marks him as THE expert on this aspect of Sacramento history.  O’Connor will be joined by Sacramento baseball great Solon Cuno Barragan!  Barragan played for the Sacramento Solons in the fifties and for the Chicago Cubs in the 1960s.

See you there!
September 19, 7PM
Time Tested Books, 1114 21st Street
As always, these events are free and open to the public.

Speak To Me!

By Tony King   photos by Jesse Vasquez

Take a cursory view of Sacramento, and this town would appear to be nothing more than just another State capital, home to politicians, lobbyists and a bunch of column-lined marble buildings with nearly nude statues affixed to them. Under the surface, however, Sacramento is teeming with scholars and intellectuals; artists, writers, musicians, architects, poets, culinary geniuses, and people who have lead rich and interesting lives. The Sacramento Living Library, a brand new lecture series hosted by Time Tested Books shines a spotlight on some of the River City’s most extraordinary individuals.

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