August 20th
5:30 pm
after-words
event space, free and open to the public
Wine,
water and snacks provided
Meet
author Andrew Lawler Author of The Secret
Token: Myth, Obsession and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke.
Lawler
tells the riveting tale of the disappearance of America’s first European settlers
and examines how the Lost Colony has come to haunt our national consciousness.
The year
was 1587. 115 men, women, and children
arrived at Roanoke Island on the coast of North Carolina to establish the first
English settlement in the New World. But when the new colony’s leader returned
to Roanoke from a resupply mission, his settlers had vanished, leaving behind
only a single clue—a “secret token” etched into a tree.
What
happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke? That question has consumed historians,
archaeologists, and amateur sleuths for four hundred years.
Lawler’s
deftly researched and absorbing book offers a surprising answer to the old
question of the colonists’ fate, as well as a new understanding of how this
story continues to haunt and define America.
Andrew Lawler is
the author of Why Did the Chicken Cross the World?: The Epic Saga of the
Bird That Powers Civilization. He
has written more than a thousand newspaper and magazine articles from more than
two dozen countries. His byline has
appeared in the New York Times,
The Washington Post, National Geographic, Smithsonian, and many other publications. He is a contributing writer for Science and a contributing editor for Archaeology. His work has appeared in The Best American Science and Nature Writing.
The Washington Post, National Geographic, Smithsonian, and many other publications. He is a contributing writer for Science and a contributing editor for Archaeology. His work has appeared in The Best American Science and Nature Writing.
