Reply #15: 2005 Virginia Festival of the Book: 18th-Century River Travel [View All]

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On Sunday, August 7 at 7:00 am
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2005 Virginia Festival of the Book: 18th-Century River Travel

From the 11th annual Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville, Virginia, a discussion on 18th-century river travel. Panelists are Joel Achenbach, author of "The Grand Idea: George Washington's Potomac and the Race to the West" and Andrea Sutcliffe, author of "Steam: The Untold Story of America's First Great Invention." The moderator is Henry Wiencek, author of "An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America."

Joel Achenbach writes for the Washington Post and writes the National Geographic column "Who Knew?" His previous books include "Capture by Aliens, " "It Looks Like a President, Only Smaller," and "Why Things Are." Andrea Sutcliffe is also the author of "The New York Public Library Writer's Guide to Style and Usage" and "Touring the Shenandoah Valley Backroads."

Publisher: Achenbach Publisher: Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue Of The Americas New York, NY 10020 Sutcliffe Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan 175 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10010