The Sleepers Author Talk & Book Signing at the Healy House Museum
Join us for the Irish Weekend launch of Molly Sturdevant’s The Sleepers, a novel directly tied to the Irish Miners Memorial.
Join author Molly Sturdevant for the local launch of her new novel The Sleepers, which follows small letterpress printer Frances Byrne as she witnesses the fallout of the Silver Panic of 1893 and the hardships it creates for the families of working-class Leadville.
Molly will give a short reading and discuss her research into the daily lives of working-class families in historic Leadville, including combing through Pinkerton spy reports written between 1890 and 1910. Attendees are welcome to bring their own books to be signed, or copies will be available for purchase in the gift shop.
Entry to this program is free, but please RSVP to let us know you are planning to attend. Feel free to bring your own snacks and drinks to enjoy during the presentation. Coke, La Croix and bottled water will also be available for purchase in the gift shop.
Garden & Weather
The event will take place in our garden (weather permitting), so make sure to dress accordingly.
We will have garden chairs and benches available, but visitors are welcome to bring their own camp chairs/blankets as well.
In case of inclement weather, indoor seating will be first come, first served.
Parking is available in front of the museum on East 10th Street; overflow parking will be available on West 10th Street across Harrison Avenue above Ice Palace Park.
About the Author
Raised in Colorado in a working class family, Molly Sturdevant’s sense of place and of economic realities have been at the heart of her prose and poetry since her late teens. Her debut novel features a true story, researched intensively in mining union archives and built on the ephemera that real people left behind in Colorado libraries, archives, and museums. For Molly, writing historical fiction is nothing short of building a portal into the extraordinary lives of those whom history usually overlooks.
Molly has been visiting Leadville at least once a year since 2022. She worked closely with Professor Jim Walsh and other project leaders on the creation of the exhibition Unearthed: Voices of Leadville’s Shanty Irish, displayed at the Healy House Museum & Dexter Cabin September 2023-December 2025, and the Irish Miners Memorial at Evergreen Cemetery.
Visit Regal House Publishing to find out more about The Sleepers and Molly Sturdevant.
