Ghosts of Zoar Book Talk and Signing
Come hear Betty O’Neill-Roderick’s book talk about the tales of Zoar’s resident ghosts and spirits Betty will be talking about her book “The Ghosts of Zoar, Ohio”. Betty got the idea for the book while attending a social event in Zoar. Stories were being recounted of mysterious happenings and playful spirits when someone suggested O’Neill-Roderick and Swain should write the stories down. Thus inspired, she and Swain began interviewing people about Zoar and collecting their haunting tales.
Books will be available for purchase or you can bring your own for signing. Betty will be speaking at 7:00 pm, Friday, November 13 at Perkins Stone Mansion. The book talk is free and open to the public.
Betty’s book looks at the history of the German Separatists who settled the village in 1817. The Village of Zoar, located in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, was settled by a group of German Separatists seeking religious freedom. In 1819, they formed a communal society that became one of the most successful experiments in communal living in the United States.
In 1898 the Society of Separatists of Zoar disbanded and the assets were divided among the members. Today the Village of Zoar looks much the same as it did over one hundred fifty years ago. Many of the buildings built by the Separatists are still standing, and the village retains the simplicity and charm of a bygone era. The Ohio Historical Society owns and operates ten of the buildings as museums.
For more information about Zoar, Lantern Tours, or Betty check out the following links: