Local Author Talk: Airstream Country: A Geologic Journey Across the American West with Neil Mathison

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Literary, Presentation

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Adults, Everyone
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Airstream Country: A Geological  Story Across the American West: is a travel book, a natural history book, a cultural exploration, and a personal memoir. Each chapter explores the geology, natural history, ecological challenges, national parks and forests, literary, cinematic, and historical aspects of twelve highway routes in the West, as well as the sociology of Baby Boomers.

Neil Mathison is an essayist and short-story writer who lives in Friday Harbor, Washington. He is a U.S. Naval Academy graduate and has been a naval officer, nuclear engineer, an expatriate businessman living in Hong Kong, a corporate vice-president, and a stay-at-home-dad.