Tony Horwitz, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author of "Confederates in the Attic," will appear at North Carolina State University's McKimmon Center at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 5. The special reading, sponsored by the Friends of the Library of North Carolina State University and Quail Ridge Books and Music, is free and open to the public.

His talk will explore his entertaining new book, "Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone before," a tale of high-seas adventure and a portrait of one of history's greatest navigators, Captain James Cook. The book is a New York Times best seller in nonfiction. Following the reading, guests will have the opportunity to purchase books and have them signed by the author.

To research the book, Horwitz spent 18 months retracing Cook's voyages across the Pacific. His travels took him to Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia, Tonga, Hawaii, the Aleutian Islands, and Yorkshire, England. Publishers Weekly gave the book a starred review, commenting that, "Horwitz skillfully paces the book by intertwining his own often amusing adventures with tales of Cook and his men. Despite the historical focus, Horwitz doesn't stray too far from the encounters with everyday people that gave his previous books such zest." Horwitz's earlier national best seller, "Confederates in the Attic," offered a unique look at our country's fascination with the Civil War.

For more information, call the Friends of the Library at (919) 515-2841.

Posted November 5, 2002

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