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There, shes hiding in the second row. David 16 books, this does not include the two that were written as fiction. It does. Ups, my bad. 16 previous, books including the tangle tree, that some of the dodo, the reluctant mr. Darwin, and spillover, a finalist for the National Book critics circle award, and earth at the end of the market prize. He has written for the new yorker, harpers magazine, the atlantic, national geographic, and outside. Among other magazines, and is a threetime winner of the National Magazine award. He shares a home and boozman, montana. With his wife, author of american zion. With two russian wolf hounds, across ive cat, and a rescue python. We wont hold that against. You give a warm, savannah welcome, to david quammen. Thank, you, nancy thank you all. Nancy does not like snakes. But that is okay. We talked about that, we talked through the, up next, spiders, everybody has their boundaries. Thank you so much, bob and, diane thank you nancy, thank you savannah book
It looks like this, we are americans can see democracy at work, where citizens are truly informed, the public get informed straight from the source with on cspan. Unfiltered, unbiased, word for word. From the Nations Capital to wherever you are. Because the opinion that matters the most is your own. This is what democracy looks like. Cspan, powered by cable. David quammen is with us today courtesy of hiding in the second row. David quammens 16 previous books and i noticed that this does not include the two you wrote as fiction. Is that correct . It doesnt include . Okay, my bad. 16 previous books include the tangled tree, the sighing of the dodo, the reluctant mr. Darwin, and spillover, a finalist for the National Book critics circle award, and a subpoena of the merck prize in he has written for the new yorker, harpers magazine, the atlantic, national geographic, and outside, among other magazines, and is a threetime winner of the National Magazine award. Quammen shares a home in a boo
David quammen is with us today, courtesy of diane and robert levy. I didnt say shes over there. Shes hiding the second row David Quammen has 16 previous books. I notice that this does not include the two you wrote as fiction is correct. Doesnt it does include. Okay. My my bad 16 previous books include the tangled tree. The song of the dodo, the reluctant. Mr. Darwin and spillover, a finalist for the National Book critics circle award and a recipient of the merck prize in rome. He has written for new yorker harpers magazine, the atlantic, national geographic, and outside among other magazines, and is a three time winner of the National Magazine award. Kwame and a home in bozeman, montana with his wife, betsy gaines quammen, author of american zion and with two russian wolfhounds, a crosseyed cat and a rescue python python, we wont hold that against you. Please give a warm savannah. Welcome to David Quammen. Thank you. Thank you, nancy. Thank you all. Nancy does not like snakes, but that