Changing Hands & AZW Brewing present Craig Childs - May 15th

[Tough_Boots]

***Free event***

Changing Hands Bookstore and Arizona Wilderness Brewing present Craig Childs

Join us for an AZ Wilderness Brewing tap takeover at our First Draft Book Bar as the author of House of Rain and The Secret Knowledge of Water visits with his latest, a vivid travelogue through prehistory that traces the arrival of the first people in North America at least twenty thousand years ago, and the artifacts that tell of their lives and fates.

when:
7pm Tuesday, May 15th

where:
Changing Hands Bookstore & First Draft Book Bar
300 w. Camelback Rd.
Phoenix, AZ 85013

event details:
https://www.changinghands.com/event/may ... lost-world

[SuperstitionGuy]

Signatures?
The only thing I appreciate in regards to, is the signature on a check.
Especially when they are in very large dollar amounts....

[Hansenaz]

@Alston_Neal
I don't care much about autographs but I wouldn't say no to (vintage) pictures/posters of Debbie Harry and Ali MacGraw.

[cactuscat]

She reached under the counter and pulled out a very battered paperback copy of Desert Solitaire. I opened it and saw that it was signed by the author, Edward Abbey. I was very thrilled. She sold it to me for 5 bucks. So, this is now a prized possession of mine.

Nice score!

[azbackpackr]

@cactuscat

[AZWanderingBear]

I wouldn't mind knowing how the event was. Kyle? Too specific to the original topic? Did anyone actually attend? I like his work, although I haven't read a lot of it. Mostly in AZ highways

I went. Read a lot of his work since much of it is centered in southern Utah. He is pretty knowledgeable about geology and the history of the ancients but brings in the adventure of being in those places into his writing. His style is very personal, in your face, drawing much on what's with in. He's also crazy. If half of what he writes about doing is half true, I would never backpack with him.

The event had maybe 50 attendees. Craig talked for an hour about his 5 years of research for the new book, most done on location from Alaska to Florida. Clovis folks seemed partial to Florida. The talk was interesting, funny, thought provoking. He's brought along a cat skull from the time period. Predators were pretty large at the time.

Afterwards he did a book signing. Didn't rush through it. We had a bit of a conversation. I'd never been to one of these, so I don't have anything to compare it to. But I enjoyed it.