Tom Wolf '69 Discusses Book in Galesburg

Tom Wolf '69, will return to Galesburg on Thursday, March 26, to discuss Midnight Assassin: A Murder in Americas Heartland, at Carl Sandburg College.

The book, co-authored by Wolf and his wife, Patricia Bryan, chronicles the 1900 murder of a prominent Iowa farmer whose wife was arrested for bludgeoning him with an ax while her children slept upstairs. In Midnight Assassin, Wolf and Bryan give readers a chilling step-by-step account of the murder and its aftermath.

Several classes at CSC are currently reading the book. Wolf, who taught English at CSC from the mid-1970s to 1985, and Bryan will speak to students, faculty and the public at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in Crist Student Center about how the story relates to farm life and the life of women in the Midwest at the time of the murder.

At 11 a.m., there will be a roundtable discussion featuring Wolf, Bryan and CSC faculty members focusing on the journalist who adapted the case into literary forms. A reception and discussion with the authors is planned for 6 p.m. in Crist Student Center. The events are all free and open to the public.