Book Launch - Christie Palmer Lowrance: The Last Heath Hen
Join us as we celebrate the book launch of local author Christie Palmer Lowrance's new children's book "The Last Heath Hen ."
Date and time
Location
Titcomb's Bookshop
432 Route 6A Sandwich, MA 02537About this event
- 1 hour
Titcomb's Bookshop invites you to celebrate the book launch of local author Christie Palmer Lowrance's new children's book The Last Heath Hen on Wednesday June 19th at 6:30pm at Titcomb's Bookshop.
This is a free event. Registration is required and space is limited. Registration can be completed here or by calling Titcomb's Bookshop at 508-888-2331.
Books will be for sale at the event, and Lowrance will sign them after her presentation. The book will be available to preorder in the coming weeks. We will update this page when the book is available to order.
ABOUT THE BOOK
The Last Heath Hen is a true story about a species of birds with extraordinary behaviors that vanished on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. Efforts to save it are considered among the earliest species conservation projects. Officials think it may be the only instance of the documentation in North America of the last individual in the wild. A lengthy and concerted effort to save the heath hen was made by organizations, institutions, and individuals responsible for conservation. Why did they fail? In this story children can understand how complicated conservation is, even on a small island.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Christie Palmer Lowrance has pursued a lifelong career as a writer/editor, journalist, biographer, and writing instructor. After writing extensively for newspapers and magazines about Cape Cod's historical, artistic, literary, and commercial life, she is now the author of a definitive biography, Nature’s Ambassador: The Legacy of Thornton W. Burgess, and a children's book, The Last Heath Hen. A work-in-progress, Ships and Shards: Dr. George F. Bass and the Birth of Underwater Archaeology, focuses on her maritime interests. Ms. Lowrance has a B.A. degree from Hobart & William Smith Colleges and an M.A. from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. She taught writing at the University of Massachusetts and Cape Cod Community College, and lives in Sandwich. www.christielowrance.com
EVENT ADDRESS:
Titcomb's Bookshop
432 Route 6A
East Sandwich, MA 02537
www.titcombsbookshop.com
508-888-2331