Alan Weisman
Date: Mon. September 08, 2008
Time: 6:00 pm
Location:
Harold Washington Library Center
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
400 S. State Street
60605
Program: Chicago Matters
About this event:
Award-winning journalist Alan Weisman will discuss and sign his stunning bestseller, The World Without Us. In this provocative book, Weisman offers an utterly original approach to questions of humanity's impact on the planet and explains how our massive infrastructure would quickly collapse and vanish without human presence.
Chicago Matters is an annual public information series made possible by The Chicago Community Trust, with programming by WTTW 11, Chicago Public Radio, Chicago Public Library and The Chicago Reporter. Visit chicagomatters.org for more information.
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