First signing scheduled for Spirit of Hope: The Year After the Joplin Tornado

The first signing for Spirit of Hope: The Year After the Joplin Tornado, the just-released book by veteran reporter John Hacker and me, has been scheduled for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 30, at Always Buying Books, 3537 N. Main, Joplin.

Spirit of Hope is the follow-up to 5:41: Stories from the Joplin Tornado, and contains more than 400 pages of stories, photos, and historical documents about the events beginning May 22, 2011, when a tornado destroyed one-third of Joplin and going all the way up through the May 22, 2012, Unity Walk.