Conservation Book Club
FEB 26 2015 6:30 PM
Event Summary
Join Winneshiek County
Conservation at a monthly book club focused on readings related to and inspired
by conservation, sustainability, and the natural world.
The conservation book club is
free and open to the public and to all ages.
February's meeting will be held Thursday, February 26 at 6:30 pm in the public meeting room in the basement of the Decorah Public Library.
February's book is Barry Lopez’s Arctic Dreams,
winner of the National Book Award. Arctic
Dreams is an unforgettable study of the Far North, the marvelous and
mysterious land of stunted forests and frozen seas, of muskoxen and narwhal,
where sunrise and dusk are seasonal rather than daily phenomena. Lopez offers a
thorough examination of this obscure world: its terrain, its wildlife, its
history of Eskimo natives and intrepid explorers who have arrived on their icy
shores.
What turns this incomparable work of natural history into a
breathtaking study of profound originality is his unique meditation on how the
landscape can shape our imagination, desires, and dreams. Its prose as
hauntingly pure as the land it describes, Arctic Dreams is nothing less than
an indelible classic of modern literature.
A limited supply of books are
available for checkout at the library front desk or may be purchased from a
local bookseller.
Future monthly meetings are
currently scheduled for the 4th Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. Participants
are welcome to bring suggestions for future book discussions to each meeting.
Reading notes and discussion
questions will be available ahead of time on the WCCB website, Facebook page,
or by contacting WCCB.
For more information, call Winneshiek County Conservation at (563) 534-7145
or visit www.winneshiekwild.com.
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