{"id":14209,"date":"2010-10-14T01:35:29","date_gmt":"2010-10-14T05:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=14209"},"modified":"2010-10-14T01:35:29","modified_gmt":"2010-10-14T05:35:29","slug":"november-mather-lecture-series-topic-william-wells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2010\/10\/14\/november-mather-lecture-series-topic-william-wells\/","title":{"rendered":"November Mather Lecture Series topic William Wells"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Press release from The History Center:<\/p>\n

November Mather Lecture Series topic William Wells<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A lecture and book signing on November 7 by Joe Krom entitled “Between Two Cultures: The Home of William Wells and Sweet Breeze at Fort Wayne” will complete this fall’s series of the George R. Mather Lectures at the History Center in Fort Wayne.<\/p>\n

Krom’s latest book is “Heart of a Warrior” about William Wells and his Miami Indian wife, Sweet Breeze. In “Heart of a Warrior” Krom writes of the frontier from the viewpoint of Sweet Breeze, the daughter of Miami Chief Little Turtle, and her husband William Wells.<\/p>\n

Known as Wild Carrot, Wells was raised in tribal villages after being taken captive during his youth. Krom chronicles Wells’ adventures as a Miami warrior, as a peace negotiator, as a scout for General Anthony Wayne, and finally as a government agent.<\/p>\n

The 2010-2011 George R. Mather Sunday Lecture Series is sponsored by The Dunsire Family Foundation. All lectures in this series are free to the public and are held at the History Center, 302 East Berry Street, Fort Wayne at 2 pm.<\/p>\n

The lecture series will take a break in December for the 25th annual Festival of Gingerbread and begin again in January.<\/p>\n

The 2011 schedule is:<\/p>\n