Monthly Book Club at the Museum of Newport History & Shop
Newport, RI (August 2018)??? Join the Newport Historical Society for its monthly book club at the Museum of Newport History & Shop every first Monday of the month at 5:30 pm at 127 Thames St. Newport, RI.
Each month features a book with ties to Newport???s history.
The books are available for sale in the shop and on the web store at ShopNewportHistory.org.
Purchase your Brick Market Book Club books on the web store and receive 25% off with code ???BOOKCLUB???.
Shipping is always only $1 for all web store purchases. Attendance at Brick Market Book Club is free.
September 10 ??? Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson. On May 1, 1915, a luxury ocean liner sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. Meanwhile, an ultra-secret British intelligence unit tracked a close U-boat but told no one. As U-20 and the??Lusitania??made their way toward Liverpool, an array of forces both grand and achingly small???hubris, a chance fog, a closely guarded secret, and more???all converged to produce one of the great disasters of history. It is a story that many of us think we know but don???t.??
October 1 ??? God, War, and Providence: The Epic Struggle of Roger Williams and the Narragansett Indians against the Puritans of New England by James A. Warren. In??God, War, and Providence??James A. Warren tells the remarkable and little-known story of the alliance between Roger Williams???s Rhode Island and the Narragansett Indians, and how they joined forces to retain their autonomy and their distinctive ways of life against Puritan encroachment. Deeply researched, vividly written, this account of the Narragansetts??? courageous resistance campaign, aided by Williams, serves as a telling precedent for white-Native American encounters along the North American frontier for the next 250 years.
November 5 ??? Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America???s Most Notorious Pirates by Eric Jay Dolin. Bestselling author Eric Jay Dolin reveals the dramatic and surprising history of American piracy???s ???Golden Age??????spanning the late 1600s through the early 1700s???when lawless pirates plied the coastal waters of North America and beyond. Dolin illustrates how American colonists at first supported these outrageous pirates in an early display of colonial solidarity against the Crown, and then violently opposed them. Through engrossing episodes of roguish glamour and extreme brutality, the star pirates of this period are depicted in detail.??
About the Newport Historical Society
Since 1854, the Newport Historical Society has collected and preserved the artifacts, photographs, documents, publications, and genealogical records that relate to the history of Newport County, to make these materials readily available for both research and enjoyment, and to act as a resource center for the education of the public about the history of Newport County, so that knowledge of the past may contribute to a fuller understanding of the present. For more information please visit www.NewportHistory.org