York really is the center of the universe, especially when you consider its place in historical events. Local historian June Lloyd looks at how things have converged on our hometown, past and present.While I was helping to sort books for the annual York County Heritage Trust Book Blast, one of the other volunteers mentioned that she recently discovered that a best-selling author of horror novels lives in York County.
(Plug for book sale: Many thousands of books of all kinds for extremely low prices, August 14 & 15 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and August 16 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. It is held at YCHT's Agricultural & Industrial Museum, 217 W. Princess Street. Everyone is welcome.)
Other nationally known authors also have York County connections. Rita Mae Brown, who writes the mysteries with the helpful cats, was born near Hanover. When he spoke here a few years ago, David McCullough mentioned that he had ancestors in the Peach
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One of my favorites is Hanover native John Luther Long, whose novella Madame Butterfly was the basis for the Puccini opera, as well as the play Miss Saigon. See below for more on Long from my previous Sunday News column:
