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SUMMARY:Cherish America with Robert B. Charles
DESCRIPTION:This storyteller spotlight features Robert Charles' collecti
 on of stories about people he met during his years.  He will talk about 
 those people he has met during his career and answer questions from the 
 audience.\n\nBooks will be available for sale.  Books sales and conversa
 tions with Robert will be held in the Cyr Gallery and Woodrow Cross room
  following the presentation.\n\nAbout the book\n\nThis book is one of a 
 kind\, a treasure of carefully researched\, personally experienced\, bea
 utifully recounted stories\, each true and riveting. Some will take your
  breath away\, others just make you look out the window and think. Toget
 her\, they remind us of America’s nobility\, and the hero within. Some
  you know\, others are new. Each rose when needed\, and showed strength 
 they did not know they had. If you want to see goodness in motion\, rese
 t your faith in humanity\, this book will do it.\n\nSome of these storie
 s are historically significant\, all worth telling. They are tied togeth
 er by the author’s life\, some overdue\, others just compelling. So\, 
 if you like suspense\, those who dare\, unexpected outcomes – want to 
 know what happens when everything rides on getting it right\, and how im
 possible things actually happen\, this is your book.\n\nAbout the author
 \n\nRobert “Bobby” Charles grew up in Wayne and attended Winthrop an
 d Maranacook High Schools\, later Dartmouth College\, Oxford University\
 , and Columbia Law School. He taught at Harvard University’s extension
  school\, served in the Reagan and George HW Bush White Houses\, clerked
  on the U.S. Court of Appeals\, 9th Circuit\, and is a Maine and New Yor
 k lawyer. He was also a ten-year Naval Intelligence Officer who voluntee
 red for active duty on 9-11\, later serving as Colin Powell’s Assistan
 t Secretary of State\, establishing police training operations globally.
  He credits much of his later life to Maine teachers. In 2018\, he wrote
  a widely celebrated book about local Maine veterans and Maine values\, 
 “Eagles and Evergreens.” These days\, he lives in rural Maine\, glad
  to be back\, fishing\, reading\, and writing about a place he loves.
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