Author Talk: From Alaska to the Far East With Gilded Age Journalist Eliza Scidmore
Join local author Diana Parsell as she describes Scidmore’s pathbreaking 19th-century travels, culminating in her legacy as the visionary behind D.C.’s much-beloved cherry trees.
At a time when few Americans ventured far beyond their own backyards, Washington-based reporter Eliza Scidmore hit the road writing about little-known places for readers back home.
Signed copies of Ms. Parsell's 2023 biography of Scidmore, "Eliza Scidmore: The Trailblazing Journalist Behind Washington's Cherry Trees," will be available for purchase.
Registration required. For Adults.
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- Date:
- Sunday, October 27, 2024
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 3:00pm
- Location:
- Longfellow Room
- Library:
- Westover Library
- Audience:
- Events for Adults Events for High Schoolers
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- Author Talk History
- Calendar:
- Arlington Public Library
About the Author:
Diana Pabst Parsell is a professional writer, editor, and former journalist who has worked at National Geographic, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and The Washington Post, as well as at several environmental research centers in Southeast Asia. A graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and Johns Hopkins University, she received a Mayborn Fellowship in Biography and the Biographers International Organization 2017 Hazel Rowley Prize.