2020 RIHS Lecture Series at NY Public Library
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
