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From: Michelle Chubenko <>
Subject: Book Signing at BooksNJ - 10/13/2005
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 22:31:08 -0400

Hello Everyone,

BooksNJ (The Capital Bookstore - http://www.booksnj.com/) 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:

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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.
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"

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