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Holly Metz, Hoboken resident, to receive Book Award by New Jersey Council for the Humanities
The New Jersey Council for the Humanities Book Award is presented to an outstanding humanities book on a New Jersey subject or written by an author with New Jersey ties. Called “a thoroughly researched and entertaining legal story” by Charles Cooper in the Star-Ledger (10/2012), Holly Metz’s Killing the Poormaster: A Saga of Poverty, Corruption, and Murder in the Great Depression(Lawrence Hill Books) is the 2013 winner of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities’ Book Award.
Metz will be honored at an Awards Celebration on October 30th at the New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, beginning at 5:30 p.m. In addition to the book awards, the Humanities Teacher of the Year Award will be given to Adam Recktenwald, East Brunswick High School, and the Public Humanities Award to Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation President and CEO Chris Daggett, who will also present the keynote address. A reception and book signing will round out the evening.
To attend — and to support the efforts of NJCH — or for further information, call 609-695-4838 or visit the NJCH website, http://njch.org/2013-award-celebrations-tickets/.
To attend — and to support the efforts of NJCH — or for further information, call 609-695-4838 or visit the NJCH website, http://njch.org/2013-award-celebrations-tickets/.
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