Book Talk with Leila Philip, Author of “Beaver Land: How One Weird Rodent Made America”
The award-winning author will present an illuminating journey into the world of beavers, the original ecosystem engineers, Saturday, Oct. 28 at the Kent School Auditorium.
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A New York Times Editors’ Choice and NPR Science Friday Book Club Selection, Leila Philip’s BEAVER LAND offers a “fascinating portal for readers to enter into the mysteries of that world themselves” (The Washington Post) in a book that’s “as full of charm and wonder as its beguiling protagonist” (The Wall Street Journal).
This lively presentation will introduce the audience to an animal that features prominently in both American economic and natural history. The 18th and 19th-century fur trade decimated beaver populations, initiating a period of environmental devastation so extreme that geologists now call it the “great dying.” “In the early 20th century, beavers were brought back to Connecticut and began to show us the extent to which they could repair extremely damaged river systems,” Philips reports.: “They’ve played an outsized role in America’s past and can play a crucial role in its future.”
Date: Saturday, October 28
Time: Doors Open at 3:00 pm, Talk begins at 3:30 pm
Location: Kent School Auditorium, 1 Macedonia Road, Kent, CT
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Note: Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing
This event is brought to you by the Warren Land Trust, the Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy in partnership with Bent of the River Audubon Center, Bridgewater Land Trust, Follow the Forest, Harwinton Land Trust, Housatonic Valley Association, House of Books, Kent Memorial Library, Kent Land Trust, Litchfield Land Trust, Litchfield Hills Greenprint Collaborative, New Hartford Land Trust, Newtown Forest Association, Norfolk Land Trust, Roxbury Land Trust, Sharon Audubon, Sharon Land Trust, Steep Rock Association, and White Memorial Conservation Center.