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Peter M. Wolf

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Peter M. Wolf is an award-winning author. His memoir, My New Orleans Gone Away, attracted feature reviews in The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post before it reached the New York Times E-Book Best Seller list. His recent biography, The Sugar King: Leon Godchaux, A New Orleans Legend, His Creole Slave, and His Jewish Roots attracted praises from The Times-Picayune and distinguished historians such as Walter Isaacson, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Nicholas B. Lemann.

Schedule

9:00 am to 9:45 am
State Library, Fifth Floor, Capitol View Room
The Etruscans and the Jews: New Orleans Echoes, Sardinian Shadows, Roman Shame
Peter M. Wolf with moderator Jim Engster

10:00 am to 10:45 am
Cavalier House Books Tent
Book Signing

The Etruscans and the Jews: New Orleans Echoes, Sardinian Shadows, Roman Shame

This powerful book proposes never before recognized links between the culturally vibrant Etruscan people and long forgotten Jewish communities. No one has previously suggested an enduring and intimate link between these two dynamic cultures. The Etruscans and the Jews is written as an adventure story that expands our understanding of both the lost Etruscan people and the Jewish diaspora. The story travels forever west. It flows from ancient Israel to western Turkey then to Italy, Sardinia, and France. Nineteenth century immigrants from Europe carry their mixed heritage across the Atlantic to America. The discoveries woven into Wolf's investigation may be simultaneously unsettling and thrilling to readers who will begin to wonder: Could I be part Etruscan?

"In his new captivating book The Etruscans and the Jews, author Peter Wolf tells a story that is personal yet global... he brings to life millennia-old links between Jewish and Etruscan groups across an ancient sea and beyond."--Miguel G. Vilar, PhD, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Maryland. Former Lead Scientist for Genographic Project, National Geographic Society.

"Peter Wolf is a master story-teller, and he has a rich and wonderous story to tell... It is a mind-opening and compelling tale, and a pleasure to follow Wolf on his journey of discovery."--Carol A. Mandel - Dean Emerita, New York University Division of Libraries; Distinguished Presidential Fellow, Council on Library and Information Resources.

"The odyssey takes him to Etruscan burial chambers, Sardinian ruins, the Pantheon in Rome, Spain, Alsace-Lorraine, tracing not just the shards of the Etruscan past but the twisted road of the Jewish diaspora. A fascinating story. There's much to ponder here."--Lawrence N. Powell - Professor Emeritus, Department of History, Tulane University. Author of The Accidental City.

"In his fully engrossing exploration, Wolf offers valuable insights into the complex and interconnected nature of the ancient Mediterranean civilization inhabited by the Etruscans and the Jews as he argues for a deeper understanding of the factors that likely linked these two beleaguered cultures."--Vincent T. Covello, PhD - Author, and Director, Center for Risk Communication and formerly Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences and Clinical Medicine, Columbia University.