"Cold Mountain Path" Book Launch
Schedule
Fri Nov 05 2021 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm
Location
Pratt Museum & Park | Homer, AK
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Please join us for the Book Launch of "Cold Mountain Path" with author Tom Kizza.
Fri., Nov. 5, 2021 | 7 p.m.
Pratt Museum & Park
HOMER AUTHOR TOM KIZZIA’S new book is a history of the ghost-town decades in McCarthy, Alaska. Cold Mountain Path begins with the last copper train leaving the Wrangells during the Great Depression, runs through
the creation of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, and includes an account of the 1983 mass shooting that brought the era to an end. Tom will read from his book and answer questions.
The Homer Bookstore will have copies for signing afterward. Light refreshments from Red Bird Kitchen will be provided.
Join us in person or tune in via Zoom.
RSVP to reserve a seat or to receive the zoom link: [email protected] or 907.435.3335
■ Space is limited. Masks, please.
■ Photo: Tom Kizzia in his Homer News editor days, 1978.
More Information about Tom:
Tom Kizzia first moved to Homer in 1975, fresh out of college, to become editor of the Homer Weekly News. After a spell working for the Anchorage Daily News in Anchorage, he returned to Homer in 1989 to raise a family in his cabin near McNeil Canyon. As the “Homer bureau” for the Daily News, he traveled all over Alaska covering stories for the next 20 years.
Tom’s first book, The Wake of the Unseen Object, emerged from his visits to remote Alaska Native communities during a time of great transition. His second, Pilgrim’s Wilderness, a non-fiction account of a troubled family in the Wrangell Mountains, was a national bestseller and later named Alaska’s best true crime book by the New York Times Book Review. Tom was named Artist of the Year in 2013 by the Homer Council of the Arts.
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Where is it happening?
Pratt Museum & Park, 3779 Bartlett St, Homer, AK 99603, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays: