Author to Read and Sign Books at USN May 10
At 6:30 on Tuesday, May 10, author Rinker Buck will read from and sign copies of his book The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey in the USN auditorium.
The book is the story of the trip Rinker Buck and his brother took a few years ago along the Oregon Trail, traveling in a mule-drawn covered wagon. It recently won a PEN New England award.
Click here to read the New York Times review of the book, and click here to read Buck's comments to the Wall Street Journal about the trip.
The day before the reading, Buck will be talking with lower, middle, and high school stduents at USN. His next project is a flatboat journey from Pennsylvania to New Orleans which will begin in July. For part of this trip, one of his crew members will be Cynthia Lee, retired USN Director of Outdoor Education.
The reading, sponsored by Parnassus Books, is free and open to the public.
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Click here to read the New York Times review of the book, and click here to read Buck's comments to the Wall Street Journal about the trip.
The day before the reading, Buck will be talking with lower, middle, and high school stduents at USN. His next project is a flatboat journey from Pennsylvania to New Orleans which will begin in July. For part of this trip, one of his crew members will be Cynthia Lee, retired USN Director of Outdoor Education.
The reading, sponsored by Parnassus Books, is free and open to the public.
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University School of Nashville models the best educational practices. In an environment that represents the cultural and ethnic composition of Metropolitan Nashville, USN fosters each student’s intellectual, artistic, and athletic potential, valuing and inspiring integrity, creative expression, a love of learning, and the pursuit of excellence.