Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception
Thursday June 24, 2010 at 6pm
Princeton University history professor Martha Sandweiss will discuss her book Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line, at the Colony House on Washington Square.
This book, a 2009 finalist for the National Book Critics Circle award, tells the story of Clarence King, a Newport native, noted geologist and hobnobber in powerful circles. For additional information call: 401-841-8770.