Wednesday, Oct. 11 Author Talk: H.W. Brands - The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War, 7 – 8:30 p.m. From master storyteller and historian H. W. Brands comes the riveting story of how President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur squared off to decide America's future in the aftermath of World War II. The contest of wills between these two titanic characters unfolds against the turbulent backdrop of a faraway war and terrors conjured at home by Joseph McCarthy. The General and the President vividly evokes the making of a new American era. H. W. Brands holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin. A New York Times bestselling author, his books include Traitor to His Class, Andrew Jackson, The Age of Gold, The First American, and TR. Traitor to His Class and The First American were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. Q&A will follow the talk. See library’s registration link for more details. No charge. Book signing and purchase will be available courtesy of Elm Street Books, New Canaan. Registration highly recommended. Register online or call 203-762-6334. Wilton Library, 137 Old Ridgefield Road, Wilton; www.wiltonlibrary.org; 203-762-3950.