A LYNCHING AT PORT JERVIS: RACE/RECKONING IN THE GILDED AGE with Philip Dray

April 22, 2023
Author Talks & Signings:
Hudson Valley History Reading Festival
Location: Henry A. Wallace Center
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

The Roosevelt Library and the Friends of the Poughkeepsie Public Library District will host the tenth annual Hudson Valley History Reading Festival on Saturday, April 22, 2023. In four sessions, beginning at 10:00 a.m., authors of books on Hudson Valley history -- including Leslie Melvin & William B. Rhoads, Kathryn W. Burke, Philip Dray, and Anthony Musso -- will present author talks.

Schedule:
10:00 a.m.
Leslie Melvin and William B. Rhoads
ELVERHOJ: THE ARTS AND CRAFTS COLONY AT MILTON-ON-HUDSON

11:00 a.m.
Kathryn W. Burke
BRIDGES OF THE MID-HUDSON VALLEY

Noon
LUNCH BREAK (on your own)

1:00 p.m.
Philip Dray
A LYNCHING AT PORT JERVIS: RACE AND RECKONING IN THE GILDED AGE

2:00 p.m.
Anthony Musso
MOTHBALL FLEET ON THE HUDSON:
THE POST-WORLD WAR II NATIONAL DEFENSE RESERVE