The Jackson Purchase Historical Society will host a program at 10:30 on Saturday, November 15 in the events center at the Martin Public Library at 410 South Lindell Street, Martin, Tennessee. Marvin Downing will discuss the memoir of Weakley County native Hope Hart, briefly summarizing Hart’s life, sketching the book’s content, and reading short selections from Hart’s early life in the Purchase region. Dr. Marvin Downing is professor emeritus of history at the University of Tennessee, Martin. He received his PhD from the University of Oklahoma and has published in the West Tennessee Historical Society Papers, Journal of the Jackson…