The Kansas Historical Society announced that author Debra Goodrich Bisel will present her new book The Civil War in Kansas: Ten Years of Turmoil at Fort Hays State Historic Site 7 p.m. Friday, October 12. Following the presentation, Bisel will answer questions and sign copies of her book, which will be available for sale.

Bisel is president of the Shawnee County Historical Society and co-president of the Civil War Roundtable of Eastern Kansas.

Admission is $5 adults, $1 students. Kansas Historical Foundation members and children five and under are admitted free. Fort Hays is located at 1472 U.S. Highway 183 Alternate, four miles south of Hays I-70 exit 157 on Highway 183 Alternate.