Book Club

March 31 2021

Book Club to Discuss Local Author’s Book on John Marshall in May

UPDATE: Author Robert Strauss is scheduled to join us for our Book Club discussion on May 18!

The Historical Society’s Book Club will hold its next virtual discussion on Tuesday May 18 at 7 pm. We’ll be discussing John Marshall: The Final Founder, by Haddonfield author Robert Strauss.

(Robert will also be talking about his new book at an April 6 virtual event with the Haddonfield Public Library. You can learn more and register for that event by clicking here.)

John Marshall: The Final Founder explores Marshall’s life and work as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, arguing that he deserves to be counted among the nation’s “Founding Fathers.”

As always, all are welcome to join us for the May 18 discussion, even if you haven’t finished the book. The Book Club discussion will be held as a Zoom video chat. If you’re interested in joining us, please RSVP to [email protected] and we’ll send you the Zoom link (and some basic instructions) the day of the chat.

January 27 2021

Next Book Club Discussion Scheduled for March 23

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The Historical Society’s Book Club will hold its next virtual discussion on Tuesday March 23 at 7 pm.

We’ll be discussing The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz, by Erik Larson. The book is a detailed account of Winston Churchill’s first year as prime minister of the United Kingdom, including during the German bombing campaign known as the Blitz.

As always, all are welcome to join us for the discussion, even if you haven’t finished the book.

The Book Club discussion will be held as a Zoom.us video chat. If you’re interested in joining us, please RSVP to [email protected] and we’ll send you the Zoom link (and some basic instructions) the day of the chat.

November 19 2020

Book Club Plans Virtual Discussion for January 25

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The Historical Society’s Book Club is planning a virtual get-together for its January 25, 2021 discussion.

We’ll be meeting Monday January 25 at 7 pm via Zoom.us, in conjunction with the Haddonfield Public Library’s Book Club. We’ll be discussing The Warmth of Other Suns, by Isabel Wilkerson.

This nonfiction book chronicles the decades-long “Great Migration” of African Americans fleeing the South for northern and western cities in search of a better life. Wilkerson’s book is a National Book Critics Circle Award winner, and at least 12 publications named it one of the best books of the year when it was published. The New Yorker calls it a “deeply affecting, finely crafted and heroic book,” and the Wall Street Journal calls it a “brilliant and stirring epic.”

September 25 2020

Next Virtual Book Club Discussion Planned for November 17

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The Historical Society’s Book Club will hold its next virtual discussion on Tuesday November 17 at 7 pm.

We’ll be discussing Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik. The digital book is available through the Haddonfield Public Library’s web site using Hoopla.

This book is a “breezy, fun, and thoughtful take” on the life of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who passed away on September 18.

As always, all are welcome to join us for the discussion, even if you haven’t finished one of the suggested books.

July 20 2020

Book Club Plans Virtual Discussion for September 15

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The Historical Society’s next virtual Book Club discussion will examine the important role that African American women played in the suffrage and civil rights movements and beyond.

We hope you’ll join us for a Zoom discussion on Tuesday September 15 at 7 pm. Since our multiple-book discussion worked so well in July, we’re planning another for September. We invite you to read any of the following:

Option 1: Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America, by Martha S. Jones (2018)

Option 2: The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, by Jeanne Theoharis (2013)

Option 3: Fighting Chance: The Struggle over Woman Suffrage and Black Suffrage in Reconstruction America, by Faye E. Dudden (2011)

Option 4: To Tell the Truth Freely: The Life of Ida B. Wells, by Mia Bay (2010)

Option 5: All Bound Up Together: The Woman Question in African American Public Culture, 1830-1900, by Martha S. Jones (2007) *Available on Hoopla as an ebook

Option 6: This Little Light of Mine: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer (Civil Rights and Struggle), by Kay Mills (2007)

As always, all are welcome to join us for the discussion, even if you haven’t finished one of the suggested books.