2020 RIHS Lecture Series at NY Public Library

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Roosevelt Island Historical Society Lecture Series at the

NY Public Library

524 Main Street

Thursday, February 13, 2020 6:30 p.m.

Presents

Matthew Goodman

“Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s History-Making Race Around the World”

Matthew Goodman is the New York Times-bestselling author of four books of nonfiction: The City Game: Triumph, Scandal, and a Legendary Basketball Team; Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s History-Making Race Around the World; The Sun and the Moon: Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York ; and Jewish Food: The World at Table

All programs are free and open to the public.  These programs are funded by: Amalgamated Bank, RIOC Public Purpose Funds, NYC Council Member Ben Kallos through the Department of Youth and Community Development.

ROOSEVELT ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, P.O.BOX 5, NY NY 10044    WWW.RIHS.US