On Friday, August 21 at 6:30 pm at Paulina Springs Books in Sisters and Saturday, August 22 at 6:30 pm at Paulina Springs Books in Redmond, Jack Nisbet will present a talk and slideshow based on his book “Ancient Places: People and Landscape in the Emerging Northwest.” The story of the land in the Northwest flows from the cataclysmic ice-age floods. So it only follows that the stories of the people in this terrain are inextricably linked to the aftereffects of that great deluge. These are the genesis stories of a region. Included are the controversy over the provenance and ownership of a meteor that fell to earth in rural Oregon; the mystery of the aurora borealis as observed by 18th-century explorer David Thompson; and a recounting of the great floods of 15,000 years ago that shaped what is now Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Don’t miss this great event on the prehistory of our region. $5.00 admission will be refunded upon purchase of the featured book.

Friday, August 21, 6:30 pm
Paulina Springs Books in Sisters, 252 W Hood St
541-549-0866

Saturday, August 22, 6:30 pm
Paulina Springs Books in Redmond, 422 SW 6th St
541-526-1491