Monday, March 21, 2011

Following the Trail of The Call of the Wild from Santa Clara to Alaska

The Big Read's keynote address will be held Tuesday, March 22, 2011, from 6:00 - 7:45 p.m. in the Redwood Room of Central Park Library. Dr. Daniel Dyer, Jack London scholar and author, will give a lecture and slide show presentation on the path traveled by the dog Buck and London's links to the places in the novel.

On Wednesday, March 23, 2011, from 6:00 - 7:45 p.m. at Mission Library Family Reading Center, Dyer will discuss London's youth, his ties to the Bay Area, his time in Alaska and his career.

Join us for either or both events. Get more information and sign up when you are in the library or call (408) 615-2900.

The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to restore reading to the center of American culture.

posted by mb for mh