BRATTLEBORO — New York Times bestselling author Michael Tougias will give a free slide presentation entitled “400 Miles Down the Connecticut River” at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center on Wednesday, June 6, at 7 p.m.
Tougias will present slides from his 400-mile kayak journey down the Connecticut River, which he chronicled in the book River Days: Exploring the Connecticut River from Source to Sea, and share stories of the river's rich history.
Tougias has written 29 books, including Rescue of the Bounty: Disaster and Survival in Superstorm Sandy and There's a Porcupine in my Outhouse: Misadventures of a Mountain Man Wannabe. In 2016, his New York Times bestselling book, The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue, was adapted into a Disney film.
“400 Miles Down the Connecticut River” is a Vermont Humanities Council program hosted by the Museum and presented in connection with The Confluence Project, an experiment in creative place-making organized by Vermont Performance Lab and Windham Regional Commission.
For more information, call 802-257-0124 or visit www.brattleboromuseum.org.