SCHS: Book & Bottle Lecture, ‘A Farm Family…On The North Fork’ w/ Richard Wines, Nov 1st @ 1 PM

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Call 631-727-2881 X100 to reserve your spot!

Or reserve your spot at Eventbrite for a small surcharge: Ticket Link Here

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Local author and historian Richard Wines will trace the history of the vital North Fork Sound Avenue agricultural community through the story of the last family to live in the old Homestead at Hallockville, examining changes weathered over the centuries, including the Civil War, the emergence of new agricultural technologies, the arrival of Eastern European immigrants, even an attempt to build a string of nuclear power plants in the 20th century. Wines’s deep dive into one community’s history will uncover stories about slavery, racism, prejudice, and scandal.

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A Farm Family on Long Island’s North Fork: The Lost World of the Hallocks and Their Sound Avenue Community, published by SUNY Press, is now available in paperback. Copies will be available at the talk and the author will be happy to sign them.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Richard Wines was educated at Yale, Harvard, and Brown, where he earned a Ph.D. in history. Since retiring from a career as a Wall Street investor relations consultant in 2000, he has devoted his time to historic preservation and land preservation projects in Riverhead. He is a current member of the Hallockville Museum Farm board of directors and its past president. He is chair of the Riverhead Landmarks Preservation Commission. He is also co-chair of the Riverhead Farmland Preservation Committee, and he has worked on the Riverhead Comprehensive Plan and on the creation of three new parks in Riverhead.

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