Colin Woodard @ Skidompha

Colin Woodard Event December 15th at 10am

The Maine Coast Book Shop will be hosting award winning author Colin Woodard on
Tuesday, December 15th at 10am at the Skidompha Library.  He  will be
speaking and signing copies of his new book,
AMERICAN NATIONS: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of
North America.
American Nations is a revolutionary and revelatory take on America’s
myriad identities and how the
conflicts between them have shaped our past and are molding our future.

If you want to better understand U.S. politics, history, and culture,
AMERICAN NATIONS:
A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America,  is
required reading.
In AMERICAN NATIONS, Woodard leads us through the history of our fractured
continent, and the rivalries and alliances between its component nations. He
explains why “American values” vary sharply from one region to another—how
an idea like “freedom” as understood by an East Texan or Idahoan can be the
polar opposite of what it means to a New Englander or San Franciscan.
Woodard reveals how intra-national differences have played a pivotal role at
every point in the continent’s history, right up to the 2012 elections.

An award-winning journalist who has reported from more than 50
countries on six continents, Woodward has written about climate
change, health care, torture, eggs, turnpikes, tidal power, Maine
politics, the Civil War, Canadian opinions, zoning, Lady GaGa, nuclear
power, stolen art, military history, European economics, ceramics,
birdwatching, same sex marriage, and seaweed. And that’s just in the
last two years. He is foreign correspondent for The Chronicle of
Higher Education and The Christian Science Monitor, and a contributing
editor at Down East: The Magazine of Maine

For more information or to reserve a signed copy call the Maine Coast
Book Shop at 563-3207, or visit their website,
www.mainecoastbookshop.com