November Virtual Author Talk: Nathaniel Philbrick

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• Baxter Lecture with Nathaniel Philbrick: Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community and War
• Thursday, November 12, 2020—6:00pm
• Presented by the Boston Public Library, American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS), and the State Library of Massachusetts
• Hosted on Zoom by GBH Forum Network

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the landing of the Mayflower. In commemoration of this historic event, bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick will be giving an online talk about his award-winning book Mayflower. The State Library is delighted to partner once again with the Boston Public Library and American Ancestors/NEHGS to bring you this free event on November 12, as part of the BPL’s James Phinney Baxter Lecture Series.

How did America begin? That simple question launched the acclaimed author of In the Hurricane's Eye and Valiant Ambition on an extraordinary journey to understand the truth behind the origins of Plymouth colony and the voyage of the Mayflower. As Philbrick reveals in this electrifying history of the Pilgrims, the story of Plymouth Colony was a fifty-five year epic that began in peril and ended in war. New England erupted into a bloody conflict that nearly wiped out the English colonists and natives alike. These events shaped the existing communities and the country that would grow from them.

In addition to Mayflower, Nathaniel Philbrick is the author of several award-winning works of nonfiction, including the New York Times bestseller In the Heart of the Sea, winner of the National Book Award for nonfiction, as well as Sea of Glory, winner of the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Naval History Prize and the Albion-Monroe Award from the National Maritime Historical Society. Mayflower was a finalist for both the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in History and the Los Angeles Times Book Award and was winner of the Massachusetts Book Award for nonfiction. His writing has also appeared in Vanity Fair, the New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and The Boston Globe. He has appeared on the Today Show, the Morning Show, Dateline, PBS’s American Experience, CSPAN, and NPR. He earned a BA in English from Brown University and an MA in America Literature from Duke University, where he was a James B. Duke Fellow. He is the founding director of the Egan Maritime Institute and a research fellow at the Nantucket Historical Association.

This online event will be moderated by Ryan J. Woods, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of American Ancestors/NEHGS, and BPL President David Leonard will introduce the program. To register, please visit: https://wgbh.zoom.us/webinar/register/1016031268178/WN_0rMJY5LAS2Kez0xNcm7qvw

Be sure also to check out the other upcoming events hosted by our partners:

• Boston Public Library: https://www.bpl.org/author-talk-series-at-the-central-library/ 
• American Ancestors/NEHGS: https://www.americanancestors.org/inspire

Author Talks Committee
State Library of Massachusetts