Book Talk: "Rope: How A Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Backbone of Civilization" - Tim Queeney

Name: Book Talk: "Rope: How A Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Backbone of Civilization" - Tim Queeney
Start: 2025-09-11T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-11T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Camden Public Library

Schedule

Thu Sep 11 2025 at 06:30 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Camden Public Library | Camden, ME

Camden Public Library welcomes Tim Queeney, author of the newly released Rope: How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Backbone of Civilization, for a book talk on September 11 at 6:30 PM in the Picker Room.

Rope is a unique and compelling adventure through the history of rope and its impact on civilization, in the vein of single subject bestsellers like Salt and Cod.
Tim Queeney is a sailor who knows more about rope and its importance to humankind than most. Time traveling, he describes the building of the pyramids, the Roman Coliseum, Hagia Sofia, Notre Dame, the Sultan Hasan Mosque, the Brooklyn Bridge and countless other constructions that would not have been possible without rope.

In addition to writing books, Tim Queeney was the longtime editor of and columnist for Ocean Navigator, a magazine for serious offshore sailors. At ON he taught celestial, coastal and radar navigation as an instructor for the Ocean Navigator School of Seamanship, both in hotel meeting rooms ashore and on tall ships at sea.
Tim loves to sail, hike, get lost in museums, and spend timeless hours drawing and painting. He is a dad to three sons and a rescue dog.