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Nature and the Written Word
January 29, 2009
Sy Montgomery writer
Katy Payne writer
John Elder writer
Dale Peterson writer

How can writers best engage and inspire public concern for wildlife, nature, and conservation? Four of New England’s most prominent natural history authors gather to discuss how writers can best engage and inspire public concern for wildlife, nature, and conservation.

This roundtable meeting features Sy Montgomery, author of The Good Good Pig, Katy Payne author of Silent Thunder: In the Presence of Elephants, and John Elder, author of Reading the Mountains of Home. Dale Peterson, author of Jane Goodall: The Woman Who Redefined Man, moderates.

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Image of The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood
Author: Sy Montgomery
Publisher: Ballantine Books (2007)
Binding: Paperback, 272 pages
Image of Silent Thunder: In the Presence of Elephants
Author: Katy Payne
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (1999)
Binding: Paperback, 288 pages
Image of Reading the Mountains of Home
Author: John Elder
Publisher: Harvard University Press (1999)
Binding: Paperback, 272 pages
Image of Jane Goodall: The Woman Who Redefined Man
Author: Dale Peterson
Publisher: Mariner Books (2008)
Binding: Paperback, 768 pages
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