The events that secured Mount Holly's place in history involve a lingering Colonel, pillaging Scottish troops, and a fateful mistake that allowed George Washington to cross the Delaware. But Mount Holly is much more than a battlefield site. It's a picturesque New Jersey town with a rich, vibrant past. Author Dennis Rizzo reveals the history and heart of the town in Mount Holly: A Hometown Reinvented. In its time, Mount Holly has witnessed the growth of a major Quaker community, a vigorous mill industry, an intense abolitionism debate, and much, much more. Let Dennis Rizzo guide you through the twists and turns of this fascinating South Jersey town's beginnings and development in this captivating book.
Dennis is the author of several journal articles and booklets in the field of disabilities but has never been able to kick the feeling that he was meant to make up things rather than analyze them. Bridging the gap between professional writing and fiction are his non-fiction histories, Mount Holly: A Hometown Reinvented, The Burlington County Prison, and Parallel Communities: The Underground Railroad in South Jersey, all for History Press.
Dennis has a historical novel completed and published through Llumina Press (FL) and Amazon Kindle, and has been piecing together a mystery series set in the Civil War. He retired in 2010 and moved to Orillia, Ontario (Canada, not California) with his family.
Favorite Books
Mistress of the Art of Death - Ariana Franklin
How We Decide - Jonah Lehrer
Treasure Island - R.L. Stevenson
The Trouble with Islam - Irshad Manji
