Recent Events
for Natalie Bober
Current
Project: "My latest book, a new and enriched biography of Thomas Jefferson
that incorporates all the up to date scholarly research, was published in
April 2007. In it, I have placed Jefferson in the context of slavery -on his
mountaintop and in his world. Setting Monticello at the center of my story,
I have attempted to bring to life a man who was born into a society in which
slavery was ubiquitous, and show how the institution of slavery resonated
throughout his life."
Natalie Bober is an active speaker at schools and various organizations throughout
the country. For more information, please click on the contact information
page. Here are a few of her favorite programs:
January - December 2008
The Vermont Humanities Committee has chosen my book, A Restless Spirit:
the Story of Robert Frost as the book for their 2008 “Vermont Reads”
program. This is a state-wide one book community reading program that uses
young adult level literature to draw communities, schools, and libraries together
in reading, discussion, and activities based on one book. I will make presentations
in Woodstock on May 17, Middlebury on September 6, and Brattleboro on October
4. - Link
to Vermont Reads
April 9, 2008
Delivered a talk at Hildene, the Lincoln Family Home
in Manchester, Vermont, on Abigail Adams as one of the most influential first
ladies. This was part of their Winter History Series.
November 7, 2006
Presenter at the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American
History Teacher Development Day
at the New York Historical Society, New York City
Topic: "A Revolution of Ideas"
August 7, 2005
Speaker at the Robert Frost Farm in Derry, NH, sponsored by the Robert Frost
Homestead Foundation Topic: "Adventures of a Biographer"
July 29, 2005
Concluding speaker at the Adams National Historic Park July Teachers Conference
in Quincy, MA,
focusing on John Adams and the American Revolution
Topic: "The Impact of Abigail Adams and Thomas Jefferson on John Adams's
role as a revolutionary"
July 13, 2005
Opening speaker at the New York session of the American Revolution Educator's
Institute, at the New York Historical Society, sponsored by The New York Historical
Society, The American Revolution Center at Valley Forge, and The National Park
Service.
Topic: "Bringing History Alive for Students"
April 20, 2005
Opening speaker at the Adams National Historic Park April Teachers Conference
in Quincy, MA
Topic: "Abigail Adams and the American Revolution"
June 2002
Guest Lecturer at symposium, at the University of Virginia
Topic: "Writing the Life of Thomas Jefferson"
March 13, 2002
Keynote Speaker: Scholastic Press Forum at American International College,
Springfield, MA
December 18th, 2001
Presentation at Carlisle Middle School
Research and Writing of Countdown to Independence
Aired on C-Span 2 - January 26th, 2002
August 17, 2001
Delivered a paper at University of Virginia at Oxford University, England
