April 9, 2009
Bestselling author Tony Horwitz discusses his latest book “A Voyage Long and Strange"
Bestselling author Tony Horwitz discusses his latest book “A Voyage Long and Strange: On the trail of Vikings, conquistadors, lost colonists and other adventurers in early America.”
Monday April 27th 2009 7:30PM at Howland Hall, 1912 Main Road, Westport Point
Tony Horwitz’s latest book A Voyage Long and Strange is a rich mix of scholarship and modern-day adventure that brings the forgotten first chapter of America’s history vividly to life. What happened in North America between Columbus’ sail in 1492 and the Pilgrims’ arrival in 1620? On a visit to Plymouth Rock, Tony Horwitz realizes he doesn’t have a clue, and nor do most Americans. So he sets off across the continent to rediscover the wild era when Europeans first roamed the New World in quest of gold, glory, converts, and eternal youth. Horwitz tells the story of these brave and often crazed explorers while retracing their steps on his own epic trek—an odyssey that takes him inside an Indian sweat lodge in sub-arctic Canada, down the Mississippi in a canoe, on a road trip fueled by buffalo meat, and into sixty pounds of armor as a conquistador re-enactor in Florida.
Tony Horwitz is the author of Blue Latitudes, Confederates in the Attic, and Baghdad without a Map. He is also a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has worked for The Wall Street Journal. Books will be available for purchase. A portion of sales will be donated to Westport Historical Society. Program presented by Westport Historical Society and Partners Village Store. Please contact Westport Historical Society at 508 636 6011 or westhist@gis.net for reservations.