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Researchers in Conversation | Theodore Roosevelt: Writer and Conservationist

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Join us on Tuesday at noon EST, November 17th to hear Heather Cole and David Gessner (Class of '83) discuss their recent books on Theodore Roosevelt, their use of the Roosevelt Collections at Houghton Library, and Roosevelt’s legacy in 2020. Cole, author of Theodore Roosevelt: A Descriptive Bibliography (Oak Knoll 2020) and Gessner, author of Leave It As It Is. A Journey Through Theodore Roosevelt's American Wilderness (Simon & Schuster 2020) will interview one another about their work, followed by a Q&A. Registration required. The session will be one hour and thirty minutes. It will also be recorded.

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Nov 17, 2020 12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Message preview	Hi there, You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: Nov 17, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Topic: Researchers in Conversation \| Theodore Roosevelt: Writer and Conservationist Register in advance for this webinar: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Db6wVEYZRlCIFQmPo4abgQ Or an H.323/SIP room system: H.323: 162.255.37.11 (US West) 162.255.36.11 (US East) 115.114.131.7 (India Mumbai) 115.114.115.7 (India Hyderabad) 213.19.144.110 (Amsterdam Netherlands) 213.244.140.110 (Germany) 103.122.166.55 (Australia Sydney) 103.122.167.55 (Australia Melbourne) 149.137.40.110 (Singapore) 64.211.144.160 (Brazil) 69.174.57.160 (Canada Toronto) 65.39.152.160 (Canada Vancouver) 207.226.132.110 (Japan Tokyo) 149.137.24.110 (Japan Osaka) Meeting ID: 935 7982 4914 SIP: 93579824914@zoomcrc.com After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. ---------- Webinar Speakers David Gessner (Chair, Creative Writing Department at the University of North Carolina Wilmington ) David Gessner is the author of eleven books that blend a love of nature, humor, memoir, and environmentalism, including Leave It As It Is: A Journey Through Theodore Roosevelt’s American Wilderness and the New York Times-bestselling All the Wild That Remains: Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner and the American West and the prize-winning The Tarball Chronicles. In 2003 Gessner taught Environmental Writing as a Briggs-Copeland Lecturer at Harvard, and he now serves as Chair of the Creative Writing Department at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where he is also the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the literary magazine, Ecotone. His own prizes include a Pushcart Prize, the John Burroughs Award for Best Nature Essay, the Association for Study of Literature and the Environment’s award for best book of creative writing, and the Reed Award for Best Book on the Southern Environment. In 2017 he hosted the National Geographic Explorer show, "The Call of the Wild." Heather Cole (Head, Special Collections Instruction, and Librarian for Literary & Popular Culture Collections at Brown University ) Heather Cole is the Head of Instruction at the Curator of Literary and Popular Culture Collections at Brown University's John Hay Library. Before coming to Brown, Heather was the Assistant Curator of Modern Books and Manuscripts at Houghton Library, where from 2012-2017 she was also the Curator of the Theodore Roosevelt Collection.

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