Nature Speaks - Joel Greenberg November 29th
November 29, 2018 7:00 PM. "Hope is a Thing with Feathers: Americans and Three Birds".
Please join us as we welcome renown Author and Naturalist Joel Greenberg. His presentation "Hope is a Thing with Feathers: Americans and Three Birds", takes a look at three birds, each representing a different outcome at the hands of people.
Joel Greenberg has over 25 years experience working on natural resource related issues in the Midwest. Currently a Research Associate of both the Chicago Academy of Sciences Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and the Field Museum, he has authored four books including Of Prairie, Woods, and Waters: Two Centuries of Chicago Nature Writing.(2008, University of Chicago Press.); A Natural History of the Chicago Region (2002, University of Chicago Press); and A Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction (2014, Bloomsbury USA).. He co-produced with director David Mrazek the documentary, From Billions to None: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction. Greenberg has JD and MA degrees from Washington University.
Mr. Greenberg will be selling and inscribing books at the event. All programs take place at the Prospect Heights Public Library's Borland meeting room and start promptly at 7:00. Nature Speaks is free admission but registration is necessary. Please register by calling or visiting the information desk at the library, 847.259.3500 ext. 35 or register online.
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