Katherine Paterson talk

Katherine Paterson on "Lyddie and the Power of Historical Fiction"

When: 7 p.m. Thursday, May 3, 2012
Where: UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center,
50 Warren St., Lowell, MA

Each year, thousands of students on field trips to Lowell bring with them a knowledge of Lowell’s industrial history that they acquired by reading about fictional "mill girl" Lyddie Worthen, the main character of Katherine Paterson’s beloved novel "Lyddie."  Paterson, the Library of Congress's 2010-2012 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, will talk about how historical research, a compelling plot, and a feisty female character combine to create a novel that breathes life into the story of Lowell’s 19th-century textile mills and the labor activism of "mill girls." 

To reserve your place at this event email: tihc@uml.edu. 

Part of the 2011-2012 Moses Greeley Parker Lecture Series. This presentation is supported in part by the UMass Lowell Center for Arts and Ideas.

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Partnership

The Tsongas Industrial History Center is an education partnership between the University of Massachusetts Lowell School of Education and the National Park Service at Lowell National Historical Park.