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Tony Horwitz recounted the travels of Frederick Law Olmstead during the lead-up to the Civil War. Olmstead, prior to his career as a famed parks architect, was a reporter for the New York Ti…

Next, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tony Horwitz on the 1859 Harper’s Ferry Raid, which he details in his latest book Midnight Rising. Mr. Horwitz talks about the raid’s impact on the ab…

Tony Horwitz recounted abolitionist John Brown’s raid on a federal armory in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, on October 16, 1858. On that evening, John Brown led a group of eighteen men into Harpe…

Tony Horowitz talked about his book A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World, published by Henry Holt and Co. Mr. Horwitz felt compelled to examine the European explorers who r…

Tony Horwitz talked about the early European explorers who arrived to the continental U.S.. He spoke on the misconceptions of most Americans in relation to the early explorers, how one can c…

Author Tony Horwitz talked about his book Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before, published by Henry Holt and Company. In this book he follows the path of one of the…

Mr. Horwitz presented his new book, Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before, published by Henry Holt and Company. Captain James Cook was born in rural Yorkshire, Engl…

After a book signing, Tony Horwitz talked about his book, Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War, published by Random House, and about the legacy of the Civil Wa…

A panel of authors discussed the craft of writing nonfiction. They talked about their own work and the process of writing a book. They answered questions from the audience.

Author Tony Horowitz talked about his book Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War and about the practice of writing at the Southern Festival of Books.

Tony Horwitz and Carrie Allen McCray spoke about the influence the Civil War has in today’s cultural and political thought and discussion. Mr. Horwitz is the author of “Confederates in the A…