Tom Smith
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~ Events ~Change of venue for November 8 ~ THE WATERMARK AT 3030 PARK AVENUE
Monday November 8, 2010
BACIO Bridgeport CT Bridgeport Area Cultural Italian Organization 6:30 pm http://www.bacioinc.com Past Events ~Wednesday May 6
East Jefferson Italian American Society, Metairie LA Tuesday May 5
Italian American Society of Jefferson 1910 Monroe Street, Gretna LA 7:30pm ~ open to the public Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 6 p.m.
THE CRESCENT CITY LYNCHINGS: RECONSTRUCTING THE 1891 NEW ORLEANS LYNCHING After a sensational trial, eleven Italian Americans acquitted in the murder of New Orleans police chief David Hennessy were killed in the largest group lynching in American history. The 1891 incident caused an international diplomatic conflict, heightened the association of the word “mafia” with Italian immigrants, and remains one of the most traumatic episodes in Italian-American history. Initially, Hennessy was described as a victim of murderous Italian thugs. Recent scholarship, instead, has redefined the accused as victims of a wide-spread government conspiracy to expel the city’s Italian immigrants who were perceived as an economic and political threat. Tom Smith, author of The Crescent City Lynchings: The Murder of Chief Hennessy, the New Orleans “Mafia” Trials, and the Parish Prison Mob (Lyons Press, 2007), will explore the contending historical views of this lynching and to establish a narrative of politics, racism, and violence. John D. Calandra Italian American Institute 25 West 43rd Street 17th Floor New York, N.Y. Building management requires people attending events after business hours to pre-register with the Calandra Institute by calling (212) 642-2094. Be prepared to show a photo ID to the building’s concierge. For further information see www.qc.edu/calandra Book signing April 5 2008
Breakwater Books, 81 Whitfield Street, Guilford, CT 2007Wednesday November 14
Jefferson Parish Library, 4747 West Napoleon Ave, Metairie LA Thursday October 4
Lecture & book signing, Noi Italiani D’Oggi (NIDO) National Italian-American Heritage Month series, Poughkeepsie Library, 93 Market Street Poughkeepsie, NY. Thursday June 14 Connecticut Library Consortium
Annual Meeting, Middletown CT Thursday May 17 Lecture & book signing at Cheshire Public Library, 104 Main Street, Cheshire CT 7 pm Sunday April 29 5-6 pm Book signing N.O. Jazz & Heritage Festival book tent Sponsored by New Orleans Gulf South Booksellers Association Saturday April 14 Book signing, 2pm Borders Books, Milford CT Saturday April 7 Book signings, Borders Books Poughkeepsie (Wappingers Falls) NY 11:30am Mt. Kisco NY 3pm Tuesday March 20 Radio interview with WICC's David Smith "The Exchange" 3pm EST Tuesday March 20 Lecture & book signing at the Fairfield Public Library, 1080 Old Post Road, Fairfield CT 7:30 pm Sunday March 18 WWL CBS tv New Orleans 10:30am "Sunday Morning" with Dennis Woltering Thursday March 15 Lecture & book signing at Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., New Orleans LA 6 pm Saturday March 3 Book signing Borders Books, Meriden CT Thursday February 22 Lecture & book signing Torrington CT Library Wednesday February 21 Lecture & book signing The Book Vault, Wallingford CT Wednesday February 7, 2007 Lecture & book signing New Canaan CT Library |
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