Horizon: Barry Lopez with Alberto Manguel

The National Book Award–winning author reflects on a lifetime of travel and the people, animals , and places he has encountered along along his way. 

Barry Lopez, author of the classic Arctic Dreams, takes readers along for his journeys across the globe in his latest book, Horizon. Moving from Western Oregon to the High Arctic; from the Galápagos to the Kenyan desert; from Botany Bay in Australia to the ice shelves of Antarctica, Lopez meditates on the long history of humanity’s spirit for quest and exploration and delves into the stories of prehistoric trekkers, colonists, and ecotourists who have defined it. 

Lopez is joined by Alberto Manguel, author, translator, and director of the National Library of Argentina, for a conversation about what he learned from the scientists, archeologists, artists, and local residents he met while researching the world he brings to life on the pages of Horizon, and what his encounters can tell us about ourselves.

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