Author Visit with Craig Childs

6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Old Town Library
Large Meeting Room Combo

Event Details

Craig will discuss his new book - Atlas of a Lost World: Travels in Ice Age America, to be released in May. From the author of Apocalyptic Planet, an unsparing, vivid, revelatory travelogue through prehistory that traces the arrival of the First People in North America twenty thousand years ago and the artifacts that enable us to imagine their lives and fates. Atlas of a Lost World will appeal to readers interested in natural history, paleobiology, archaeology, and the environment. CRAIG CHILDS is the author of Apocalyptic Planet. He has been a regular commentator for NPR's Morning Edition, and his work has appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Men's Journal, Outside, The Sun, and Orion Magazine. He has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Ellen Meloy Desert Writers Award, the Rowell Award for the Art of Adventure, the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award, and, for his body of work, the 2003 Spirit of the West Award. Book sales and signing after the presentation.
Event Type(s): Special Events
Age Group(s): Adults