Kevin Fedarko in Conversation with Carrie Besnette Hauser
About this Event
Country Bookshelf is excited to welcome best-selling author Kevin Fedarko on June 22 at 6pm! Kevin's newest book, , was named a Best Book of the Year by the New York Times, Air Mail, Smithsonian Magazine, and Financial Times. He will be joined by Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser, president and CEO of Trust for Public Land (TPL), a national nonprofit working to ensure everyone has access to the benefits and joys of the outdoors.
Tickets are not required for this event, but RSVPs are appreciated. Please get a FREE general admission ticket by reserving a free general admission ticket on this page.
Books can be purchased at the event or ordered in advance on our website or by calling Country Bookshelf at (406) 587-0166 during our regular business hours.
The event at a glance:
- On June 22, please arrive early to secure your seat. Seating is general admission, first come, first served.
- At 6pm, the event will begin. The author will take audience questions following the program.
- After the talk, the author will sign books.
- Can't attend in person? Order a signed copy of the book on our website or by calling (406) 587-0166. Signing requests will need to be placed 24 hours before the event.
About A Walk in the Park
Two friends, zero preparation, one dream. A few years after quitting his job to pursue an ill-advised dream of becoming a whitewater guide on the Colorado River, Kevin Fedarko was approached by his best friend, National Geographic photographer Pete McBride, with a vision as bold as it was harebrained. Together, they would embark on an end-to-end traverse of the Grand Canyon—a journey that, McBride promised, would be “a walk in the park.” Against his better judgment, Fedarko agreed, unaware that the small cluster of experts who had actually completed the crossing billed it as “the toughest hike in the world.”
The ensuing ordeal, which lasted more than a year, revealed a place that was deeper, richer, and far more complex than anything the two men had imagined—and came within a hair’s breadth of killing them both. They struggled to make their way through the all-but impenetrable reaches of the canyon’s truest wilderness, a vertical labyrinth of thousand-foot cliffs and crumbling ledges where water is measured out by the teaspoon and every step is fraught with peril—and where, even today, there is still no trail spanning the length of the country’s best-known and most iconic landmark.
About the Author
Kevin Fedarko has spent the past twenty years writing about conservation, exploration, and the Grand Canyon. He has been a staff writer at Time, where he worked primarily on the foreign affairs desk, and a senior editor at Outside, where he covered outdoor adventure. His writing has appeared in National Geographic, the New York Times, and Esquire, among other publications. He is the author of The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon, which won the Reading the West Book Award, and A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon, which won the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. Both books were also New York Times bestsellers and winners of a National Outdoor Book Award. Fedarko lives in Flagstaff, Arizona.
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