James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Princeton University professor, will give a talk titled "The American Civil War: Its Meaning for the New Millennium," Friday, Oct. 12, 8 p.m., in Nassau Presbyterian Church.
A buffet dinner for individual patrons and corporate sponsors will be held at the Nassau Club at 5:45 p.m. Seating is limited. For more information on the dinner, call Judy Gelfand at (609) 924-9529, ext. 259.
The evening with Mr. McPherson will be the fourth in a series of well-received annual benefits in which the Friends of the Princeton Public Library bring together a distinguished writer from the Princeton community and an audience of library supporters.
Mr. McPherson is the author of "Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era," which spent many weeks on the New York Times best-seller list in 1988. This single-volume treatment of the Civil War and its causes won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1989 and is credited with generating widespread popular interest in the subject.
Mr. McPherson’s "For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War," featuring soldier’s journals and letters, won the Lincoln Prize in 1998.
Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for seniors, students and library staff. Tickets will be available at the Princeton Public Library circulation desk and at the door on the night of the reading.
The Nassau Presbyterian Church is located at 61 Nassau St. in Princeton.
For more information, call (609) 924-9529, ext. 259.

