Dear Joan: I can't make it to the BookNJ signing. Although I would like to purchase a copy of the Book. The one listed in the email that you sent. Please advise how I can accomplish this? Kathleen E. Isleib >From: "Joan M Lowry" <jmlowry@earthlink.net> >Reply-To: NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com >To: NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [GSNJ] Book Signing at BooksNJ >Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:35:02 -0400 > >Hello Everyone, > >BooksNJ (The Capital Bookstore) would like you all to know about a Book >signing event coming up at the bookstore. I'm sure they'd be happy to see >you there! The information follows: > >--------- > >On Thursday, October 13th, BooksNJ will host a signing event for the >recently published compilation New Jersey in the American Revolution >(Rivergate Press, 2005). Editor Barbara Mitnick and contributors Richard >Hunter, Mark Lender and Thomas Fleming will be available in the store to >sign copies from 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. BooksNJ is located at 225 West >State Street, first floor. Come early while supplies of this beautiful, >hard-cover publication last. >If you have any questions about the event or would like to order a signed >book and have it shipped to you, please call (609) 943-4444. New Jersey in >the American Revolution is $29.95 plus tax (and shipping and handling if >mailed). Below is a synopsis of the book taken from the book jacket. Hope >to see you on October 13th! > >"Barbara J. Mitnick has edited a remarkably comprehensive anthology, >bringing new life to the rich and turbulent late eighteenth-century period >in New Jersey. Originally conceived as a legacy of the state's 225th >Anniversary of the Revolution Celebration Commission and sponsored by the >Washington Association of New Jersey, the volume brings together >contributions by twelve outstanding and recognized experts on New Jersey >history. > >Chapters explore topics including New Jersey as the "Crossroads of the >Revolution," important military campaigns, the 1776 Constitution, and the >significant contribution of blacks, Native Americans, and women. Reflecting >the contemporary view that the war's impact extended beyond military >engagements, original essays also discuss the fine and decorative arts, >literature, architecture, archaeology, and social and economic conditions. >The reader is presented with a picture of life in New Jersey both separate >from as well as connected to the fight for American independence and the >establishment of the nation. > >Fresh and significant observations, including the fact that soldiers fought >238 battles on New Jersey soil (more than any other state) and that the >social and political changes resulting from the war were more revolutionary >than evolutionary make this accessibly written, beautifully illustrated >volume appeal to the lay reader as well as scholars of New Jersey and >Revolutionary War history. > >Barbara J. Mitnick, editor of New Jersey in the American Revolution, >received her Ph.D. in American painting, sculpture and architectural >history >from Rutgers University. She is an art historian and adjunct professor of >American history painting at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. Her >exhibitions include Picturing History: American Painting 1770-1930, and >George Washington: American Symbol, for which she served as general editor >of the accompanying publication. > >Contributors > >Ian C. G. Burrow >Delight W. Dodyk >Thomas Fleming >David J. Fowler >Harriette C. Hawkins >Richard W. Hunter >Mark Edward Lender >Maxine N. Lurie >Barbara J. Mitnick >Merrill Maguire Skaggs >Lorraine E. Williams >Giles R. Wright" > >----------- > >It sounds like there might be something for everyone in this book! I'm >hoping to be there and hope you will be too. > >Regards, >Joan > >Joan M. Lowry >mailto:jmlowry@earthlink.net > > > > >==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== >GSNJ Newsletter: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/newsletter.html > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >