Wednesday, March 13: Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in North America
Book cover, Wild New World, published by W.W. Norton.
Free Zoom presentation and book promotion with Dr. Dan Flores
This event took place Wednesday, 13 March 2024
Click this link for the recording of the webinar: Wild New World with Dan Flores.
This Zoom webinar by acclaimed historian and author, Dr. Dan Flores, will focus on his most recent book, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in North America. Dr. Flores spoke in-person to the SYVNHS in 2017 after publication of his book, Coyote America. This time, his upcoming Zoom talk will be from his home in New Mexico. Flores will present an overview of Wild New World, explaining what he learned in researching and writing about the big picture of humans and animals in America. His presentation will include some selected readings from his book, along with his commentary. There will be an opportunity for questions from the Zoom audience after Dr. Flores’ talk.
Author Dan Flores. Photo by Sara Dant.
Dr. Dan Flores is the A. B. Hammond Professor Emeritus of Western History at the University of Montana and the author of numerous books, essays, and articles on various aspects of western U.S. history, including natural history, environment, and art and culture of the West. His newest book, Wild New World, has garnered notable awards, including Winner of the 2023 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award and Winner of the 2023 National Outdoor Book Award for Natural History Literature. Dr. Flores recently had an opinion piece (“How the Endangered Species Act Saved America”) published in the December 12, 2023 issue of TIME magazine.
