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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Presents David Gessner Speaking on “Soaring with
Fidel”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="COLOR: black">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: </SPAN></B><st1:date Month="5"
Day="3" Year="2007"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">May 3, 2007</SPAN></B></st1:date><B
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style="COLOR: black">Contact: Julie O’Neil 508-896-3867 or </SPAN><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">On Saturday,
June 2 at 2:00 pm the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster will
present award-winning author and <st1:place>Cape Cod</st1:place> resident David
Gessner speaking on his new book <U>Soaring with Fidel</U>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In his talk and through his readings Mr.
Gessner will transport the audience from Cape Cod to
<st1:country-region>Cuba</st1:country-region> and
<st1:country-region><st1:place>Venezuela</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
recounting his exhilarating travels with the migrating osprey. A book-signing
will follow his presentation. $5/members; $7/non-members.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><U>Soaring
with Fidel</U> recounts the dangerous and amazing 7000-mile migration between
two hemispheres traveled by the osprey every year. The audience will experience
through Mr. Gessner’s words and impressions this memorable journey by car, boat,
plane and on foot.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">Mr. Gessner is
the recipient of the 2007 John Burroughs award for outstanding periodical
natural history essay writing. One of his five acclaimed books, <U>Return of the
Osprey,</U> was called “a classic of America Nature writing” (Boston Globe) and
is based on his philosophical and scientific observations of the osprey that
nest on <st1:place>Cape Cod</st1:place>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>He is currently a professor at the
<st1:PlaceType>University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName>North
Carolina</st1:PlaceName> at
<st1:City><st1:place>Wilmington</st1:place></st1:City>.</P>
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