Polar Adventures with David Grann at The Texas Book Festival
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Ernest Shackleton has been immortalized as a legendary explorer for his mythic voyage to Antarctica. Now David Grann, bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z, tells the story of Henry Worsley; a man obsessed by Shackleton’s story of survival who is driven to Antarctica on his own journey. Join Grann as he speaks about White Darkness, this riveting work of narrative nonfiction. Moderated by John Pipkin. Booksigning: 12:00PM in Adult Signing Tent, Congress Avenue.