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SUMMARY:Adult Summer Read: Author Talk with Thor Hanson
UID:17812
DTSTAMP:20260421T131600Z
DTSTART:20260902T233000Z
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LOCATION:620 Cedar Avenue, Port Hadlock, WA 98339, United States
ROOM: Humphrey Room
DESCRIPTION:Join Thor Hanson, author of JCL's 2026 Adult Summer Read,
  as he speaks about his latest book, Close to Home: the wonders of nature 
 just outside your door."We all live on nature's doorstep, but we
  often overlook it. From backyards to local parks, the natural places we s
 ee the most may well be the ones we know the least. In Close to Home, biol
 ogist Thor Hanson shows how retraining our eyes reveals hidden wonders jus
 t waiting to be discovered. In urban Los Angeles, hundreds of unknown spec
 ies abound. In the Pacific Northwest, fierce yellowjackets placidly sip ho
 neydew, unseen in the treetops. And in the soil beneath our feet, remedies
  for everything from breast cancer to the stench of skunks lie waiting for
  someone's searching shovel. Close to Home is a hands-on natural hist
 ory for any local patch of Earth. It shows that we each can contribute to 
 science and improve the health of our planet. And even more, it proves tha
 t the wonders of nature don't lie in some far-off land: they await us
 , close to home"About the AuthorThor Hanson was born and raised in th
 e Pacific Northwest, where he now lives on an island with his wife and son
 . He caught his first salmon at age four and often collected a wide array 
 of temporary summertime pets, from caterpillars and tadpoles to garter sna
 kes, hermit crabs, and tree frogs. His early interest in the natural world
  steered him towards a career in conservation biology.  Hanson received h
 is bachelor’s degree from the University of Redlands, his master’s fro
 m the University of Vermont’s Field Naturalist Program, and his doctorat
 e in a joint program through the University of Idaho and the Centro AgronÃ
 ³mico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Costa Rica.Registration is 
 required. 
URL:https://www.jclibrary.info/event/adult-summer-read-author-talk-thor-ha
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