Best-selling author and journalist Kevin Fedarko will speak at Elk River Books on Thursday, April 17, as part of the Elk River Arts & Lectures spring series. Author of the classic outdoor adventure, The Emerald Mile, Fedarko will be reading from his newest book, A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon. This event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:30 pm and the event starts at 7.
Described as “part memoir, part travelogue, part extended essay on the profound meaning of wilderness,” A Walk in the Park tells the story of two friends with no preparation and one shining dream: a 750-mile odyssey on foot through one of America’s magnificent national parks. At a time when the very livelihood of America’s national park system is being threatened, Fedarko’s deep love of, and advocacy for, our collective wilderness is more timely than ever.
Fedarko is a seasoned author and journalist renowned for his exploration of the American Southwest and his fervent advocacy for environmental conservation. He has been a staff writer at Time, where he worked primarily on the foreign affairs desk, and a senior editor at Outside, where he covered outdoor adventure. His writing has appeared in National Geographic, the New York Times, and Esquire, among other publications. He and his wife, Annette Avery, owner of Bright Side Bookshop, live in Flagstaff, Arizona, where they spend as much of their free time as possible hiking in the Grand Canyon or in mountains just outside of town.
For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact Laura Prindiville at director@elkriverarts.org.
