The Maumee Valley Heritage Corridor cordially invites you to an outstanding presentation by a noted author and historian
"The Significance of the Maumee Valley's Conflicts in Shaping North America"
Please arrive no later than 1 p.m. if you choose to enjoy brunch.
21211 West River Road, Grand Rapids, Ohio (SR-65, Maumee Valley Scenic Byway); 3.5 miles east of Grand Rapids on the south side of the Maumee River
Please return the enclosed reservation form no later than October 28. Cost: $5 (members) $10 (non-members). Brunch (optional): $10.
Nazareth Hall is a former military academy for boys operated by Ursuline nuns from 1928 to 1982. Its unique four-story buildings are now privately owned and used for weddings, meetings and special events. An excellent Sunday brunch buffet is served which you may wish to enjoy before our meeting.
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Andrew CaytonBorn in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1954, Andrew Cayton earned a B.A. (with high distinction) from the University of Virginia and an M.A. and Ph.D. in History from Brown University.
He has been the John Adams (Fulbright) Professor of American Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands; a Fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation Center at Bellagio, Italy; and a Resident Fellow at the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies in Monticello, Virginia. He has received teaching awards from the Associated Student Government of Miami University, the College of Arts and Science of Miami University, and the Ohio Academy of History and was recently named a Distinguished Lecturer by the Organization of American Historians.
Cayton is currently collaborating with Fred Anderson on Imperial America, 1672-1764, a volume in the Oxford History of the United States. His previous books include, with Fred Anderson, The Dominion of War: Empire and Liberty in North America, 1500-2000 (a History Book Club Selection; a Washington Post Best Book of 2005 and a 2005 Book of the Year in the Times Literary Supplement); Ohio: The History of a People; Frontier Indiana; and The Frontier Republic: Ideology and-Politics in the Ohio Country, 1780-1825 (Ohioana Book Award for History). Cayton has edited with Richard Sisson and Christian Zacher, The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia; with Stuart Hobbs, "The Center of a Great Empire: The Ohio Country in the Early American Republic"; with Susan E. Gray, The American Midwest: Essays on Regional History; and, with Fredrika J. Teute, Contact Points: American Frontiers from the Mohawk Valley to the Mississippi. He has publishcd reviews in The New York Times Sunday Book Review, The Los Angeles Times Sunday Book Review, and The Washington Post Sunday Book World as well as articles in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Reviews in American History, The Journal of American History, The William annd Mary Quarterly, The Journal of the Early Republic, The Great Plains Quarterly, and History Compass.
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