Tom Turcich

Name: Tom Turcich
Start: 2024-10-12T15:30:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-12T17:30:00-04:00
Location: 428 Main St, Bethlehem, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 18018

Schedule

Sat Oct 12 2024 at 03:30 pm to 05:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

428 Main St, Bethlehem, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 18018 | Bethlehem, PA

Moravian alumni Tom Turcich joins us October 12 from 3:30-5:30pm with his book The World Walk!
The World Walk is the emotional and exhilarating story of the tenth person and first dog to walk around the world. Together, Turcich and his dog Savannah covered twenty-eight thousand miles over the course of seven years. Through deserts, jungles, cities, and mountains, Turcich meditated on what’s important in life and took lessons from cultures around the globe.

Rarely has there been a true-life tale of such scope. From sheltered suburbanite to world traveler, Turcich’s epic account runs the full gamut: He is held up at knifepoint in Panama and gunpoint in Turkey; wanders deep within himself in the deserts of Perú; watches a democracy fortify itself in Georgia; and takes it all in with his resolute companion, Savannah, by his side. His growth spans the most basic elements of surviving on the road: finding food, water, and safe places to camp; to humanity’s more noble aspirations, such as the benefits of democracy, the search for love, and the weighing of personal significance.

Accompanied by some of the author's world-class photography, this tour de force memoir of resilience and triumph of the human spirit will reaffirm to readers that the world is beautiful, people are good, and life should be a generous, vibrant adventure.

Tom Turcich is the tenth person to walk around the world, motivational speaker, and photographer. Turcich’s seven-year trek with his adopted Shepard-mix pup, Savannah, took them across six continents and thirty-eight countries. He has been featured on CNN, Good Morning America, Business Insider, The Guardian, The Today Show, Newsweek, and more.