Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at UCLA

The Autry National Center Booth Will Host
Western Book Signings Saturday, April 29th
and Sunday, April 30th, 2006

As every Gene Autry fan knows, the Autry National Center’s Museum Store is the place to go for the very best in Western books. But on the weekend of April 29th and 30th, don’t go to the museum, go to UCLA to find the best selection of Western books and also meet the authors who wrote them! Once again the museum is please to host a booth at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on the campus of UCLA. If you’ve been to this annual event in the past you know you that the festival is books, food, fun, and more books as far as the eye can see.

Two of Gene Autry Entertainment’s favorite authors will be at the museum’s booth on Saturday, April 29th – Holly George-Warren and Petrine Day Mitchum. Holly will have copies of her brand new children’s book Honky-Tonk Heroes & Hillbilly Angels: The Pioneers of Country & Western Music that of course features Gene Autry. And if you ask sweetly, she might even tell you a little bit about the Gene Autry biography she’s currently writing. Fans of Gene’s horse, Champion, will want to ride on over to meet Petrine and get her recently released book Hollywood Hoofbeats: Trails Blazed Across the Silver Screen. It is the best book anywhere that documents the five prominent horses that portrayed Champion throughout Gene’s career.

Although the other authors at the museum’s booth during the weekend may not have books about Gene Autry, you’ll want to check them out! Like horses? Then Suzy Noel Benfatto’s a gal you’ll want to meet. Interested in guns and gear from Tombstone? Chat with Peter Sherayko. And if you like television westerns such as Gunsmoke, Zorro, and Alias Smith and Jones be sure to visit the booth when authors Ben Costello, Antoinette Lane, and Jo Bagwell are scheduled to appear and sign copies of their books.

The 11th Annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at UCLA  is a family event and everyone is encouraged to visit the Autry National Center’s booth and buy a book, have the author sign it, and tell them that “Gene Autry’s website sent me!” Wear your best walking boots and plenty of sunscreen (or your best cowboy hat); and be sure to bring your love of books to America’s largest and grandest literary event.

What: The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

When: Saturday, April 29th and Sunday, April 30th, 2006             10:00AM to 6:00PM

Where: UCLA Campus; Booth #614, Dickson Court North

Cost: Free Admission to the Festival, Parking is $8.00

Authors Scheduled to Appear
at the Autry National Center’s Booth #614
Saturday, April 29, 2006 

Authors Scheduled to Appear
at the Autry National Center’s Booth #614
Sunday, April 30, 2006

If you have questions on the authors or their books, please contact the Autry National Center’s Museum Store.

For general questions on the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, visit their official website.

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