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X-WR-CALDESC:Mary Beth Pfeiffer will discuss her new book-- “Lyme: The Firs
 t Epidemic of Climate Change.” \n\nPfeiffer  documents the human contribut
 ion to the dangerous spread of Lyme disease to dozens of countries and mul
 titudes of people. In a book based firmly in science\, author Mary Beth Pf
 eiffer shows ticks climbing mountains and crossing borders as temperatures
  rise and ecosystems are altered. As important\, Pfeiffer challenges medic
 al dogma that has left many untreated. 'Lyme' makes a powerful case for ac
 tion to combat ticks\, address patient pain\, and recognize humanity's rol
 e in creating an epidemic.\n\nPfeiffer has been a journalist for four deca
 des. In the last five years\, she has emerged as the nation's leading inve
 stigative reporter on Lyme disease\, attracting national and international
  attention and winning seven awards for her groundbreaking articles. Judge
 s who awarded her the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi
  Award called her articles\, 'Exhaustively reported...a great example of e
 xplanatory journalism on a matter of public health concern using both well
 -chosen expert sources and ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstan
 ces.”\n\nA graduate of Marist College in Poughkeepsie\, N.Y.\, Pfeiffer be
 gan her career at the Staten Island (N.Y.) Advance\, her hometown newspape
 r. She reported for 30 years for the Poughkeepsie (N.Y.) Journal\, a small
  daily newspaper that supported her research.\n\nPfeiffer’s articles have 
 been underwritten by the Fund for Investigative Journalism\, Kaiser Family
  Foundation for Health\, and the Open Society Institute\, which named her 
 a Soros Justice Media Fellow in 2004. The fellowship led to the publicatio
 n in 2007 of her first book\, “Crazy in America: The Hidden Tragedy ofthe 
 Criminalized Mentally Ill\,” which has been acclaimed as a testament to th
 e inhumanity of prison solitary confinement. She has written for The New Y
 ork Times Magazine\, Village Voice\, Boston Globe\, Miami Herald\, Hartfor
 d Courant\, Des Moines Register\, Newsday\, and USA Weekend magazine. \n\n
  She resides on a country lane in Ulster County\, N.Y.\, with her husband\
 , Robert Miraldi\, an author and journalism professor.\n\nThis program is 
 co-sponsored by Ridgefield Library\, Lyme Connection and Books on the Comm
 on. Copies of Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate Change will be available
  for sale and signing at the event.\n\nPlease register.
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DESCRIPTION:Mary Beth Pfeiffer will discuss her new book-- “Lyme: The First
  Epidemic of Climate Change.” \n\nPfeiffer  documents the human contributi
 on to the dangerous spread of Lyme disease to dozens of countries and mult
 itudes of people. In a book based firmly in science\, author Mary Beth Pfe
 iffer shows ticks climbing mountains and crossing borders as temperatures 
 rise and ecosystems are altered. As important\, Pfeiffer challenges medica
 l dogma that has left many untreated. 'Lyme' makes a powerful case for act
 ion to combat ticks\, address patient pain\, and recognize humanity's role
  in creating an epidemic.\n\nPfeiffer has been a journalist for four decad
 es. In the last five years\, she has emerged as the nation's leading inves
 tigative reporter on Lyme disease\, attracting national and international 
 attention and winning seven awards for her groundbreaking articles. Judges
  who awarded her the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi 
 Award called her articles\, 'Exhaustively reported...a great example of ex
 planatory journalism on a matter of public health concern using both well-
 chosen expert sources and ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstanc
 es.”\n\nA graduate of Marist College in Poughkeepsie\, N.Y.\, Pfeiffer beg
 an her career at the Staten Island (N.Y.) Advance\, her hometown newspaper
 . She reported for 30 years for the Poughkeepsie (N.Y.) Journal\, a small 
 daily newspaper that supported her research.\n\nPfeiffer’s articles have b
 een underwritten by the Fund for Investigative Journalism\, Kaiser Family 
 Foundation for Health\, and the Open Society Institute\, which named her a
  Soros Justice Media Fellow in 2004. The fellowship led to the publication
  in 2007 of her first book\, “Crazy in America: The Hidden Tragedy ofthe C
 riminalized Mentally Ill\,” which has been acclaimed as a testament to the
  inhumanity of prison solitary confinement. She has written for The New Yo
 rk Times Magazine\, Village Voice\, Boston Globe\, Miami Herald\, Hartford
  Courant\, Des Moines Register\, Newsday\, and USA Weekend magazine. \n\n 
 She resides on a country lane in Ulster County\, N.Y.\, with her husband\,
  Robert Miraldi\, an author and journalism professor.\n\nThis program is c
 o-sponsored by Ridgefield Library\, Lyme Connection and Books on the Commo
 n. Copies of Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate Change will be available 
 for sale and signing at the event.\n\nPlease register.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180614T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180614T203000
LOCATION:Ridgefield Library\, 472 Main Street\, Ridgefield\, CT 06877
SUMMARY:Mary Beth Pfeiffer at Ridgefield Library
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