Liam Callanan, author of STONE AGE ASTRONAUT- a Boswell event

Boswell Book Company presents an evening with bestselling author and UWM professor Liam Callanan, author of Stone Age Astronaut: The Astonishing Adventures of America’s Forgotten Flier, a riveting biography and a reclamation of a great American story lost to history.

In Stone Age Astronaut, award-winning author Liam Callanan uncovers the astonishing life of Lester Maitland—the Milwaukee-born aviator who, in 1927, became the first person to fly to Hawaii, earning national acclaim on par with Charles Lindbergh’s transatlantic triumph. For a brief moment, the two men shared headlines, White House invitations, and fame. But while Lindbergh’s legacy grew, Maitland’s all but vanished. In his new book, Callanan brings Maitland back into the spotlight.

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Liam Callanan is a writer and professor. His work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Slate, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The San Francisco Chronicle, and he has recorded numerous essays for public radio. His novel, Paris by the Book, a national bestseller, won the Edna Ferber Prize and was translated into multiple languages. He has taught for the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Liam lives with his wife and daughters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, five blocks from where Lester Maitland grew up.

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