Received the George Hartleb Memorial Award for excellence in the field of German American Studies from the National Council of the Steuben Society of America
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Author and Presenter
Dr. Peter Lubrecht was awarded the George Hartleb Memorial Award for Excellence in German American Studies by the National Steuben Society in 2018.
An avid researcher, with an interest in the Civil War, history,
and German and American history. Lubrecht has been
lecturing about German American contributions to
American Culture locally and nationally. Peter is originally
from New York City, where he appeared in, and was a part of, an
experimental theater program conducted by the New York Public
Schools, under whose aegis he studied acting with Harold Jackson of
the Harlem Renaissance,. He was on NPR as a guest at age nine. He is an
adjunct professor of Writing and Humanities at Sussex County Community
College; however he also taught at Lehman University Graduate School
and Lincoln Center (Performing Arts in the English Classroom), Jersey City
University, Bergen, Morris and Passaic Community Colleges. His BA, MA
and PhD are all from New York University. His books include: The New
Jersey Butterfly Boys in the Civil War. The Hussars of the Union Army (History
Press; 2011) and Germans in New Jersey: A History (History Press; 2013);
New Jersey Hessians: Truth and Lore; (History Press 2016) Liebe Kück: A
German Soldier’s Story of the Great War, and Carl Schurz American
Statesman (Fonthill Media America through Time series) .
(Available signed by the author 21.99 + postage)
Book Signings / Presentations |
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October 05, 2023 Hackettstown Library: Germans in NJ (Zoom and You Tube) |
October 07, 2023 Stillwater Day 11-4-2023 Stillwater NJ |
October 08, 2023 Newton Fall Fest-Book Signing Newton NJ |
October 15, 2023 Newton Day, Book Signing Newton NJ |
October 28, 2023 Beemerville Fire Sept Beemerville Nj Book Signing |
November 09, 2023 Hackettstown Library: Carl Schurz American Statesman |
November 09, 2023 Hackettstown Library 6:00 Carl Schurz American Patriot |
November 16, 2023 Folkways Residence Gwynedd PA 7:00 John Wilkes Booth The Hysreical Tyrannical booth Family |
December 07, 2023 TheEffect on US of World War II. 6:00 (Zoom YouTube) |