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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>The </span></font></b><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Cape Cod</span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>
</span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Museum</span></b><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> of Natural History<br>
Presents<br>
a Screening of<br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Hit and Run History: The </span></i></span></b><b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Columbia</span></i></b><b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> Expedition<br>
</span></i> <br>
</b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>August 5, 2009</span></b><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> at </span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>7:00
P.M.</span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'><br>
<br>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: </span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>July 21,
2009</span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'><br>
Contact: Julie O’Neil 508-896-3867 or <a
href="mailto:adminsupprt@ccmnh.org">adminsupport@ccmnh.org</a></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'> <br>
</span></font></b> The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in
Brewster will be the venue for gumshoe historian Andrew Buckley’s
screening of <b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Hit and Run
History: The Columbia Expedition</span></i> </b>on August 5, 2009 at 7:00 P.M. Please call 508.896.3867 to reserve a seat for the screening at the Cape Cod
Museum of Natural History.<br>
<br>
The short documentary film is a pilot, meant to secure
full-funding for a 13-episode series on the first American circumnavigation of
the globe. Buckley is the foremost authority on the Columbia Expedition
and its commander, John Kendrick of Orleans. He’s been on the trail
of this story since 1995 beginning with research for his novel <b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>The Bostoner</span></i></b>.<br>
“This is new history,” says Buckley.
“Except for a handful of experts, no one really knows the story of the
Columbia Expedition. Yet, it had such a profound and lasting effect on
American and world history. Without it, there would have been no Lewis
and Clark – no ‘sea to shining sea.’”<br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'> <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>Hit and Run History’s</span></b></span></i> approach is to get out
to the locations where micro history occurred. They visit the places
where historical figures lived and talk to local historians who give their
personal insights. The film crew also gets involved in the telling of the
story, with a focus on the “making of” the documentary. <br>
Following the screening Buckley will be available for a question
and answer period and signing of his novel, <b><i><span style='font-weight:
bold;font-style:italic'>The Bostoner</span></i></b>.<br>
This project was awarded three Massachusetts Cultural Council
Grants through the Chatham, Marshfield, and Wareham Cultural Councils.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>"<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Hit
and Run History</span></i></span></b><i><span style='font-style:italic'>”
</span></i>is represented by Past Preservers. For media inquiries about <b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Hit and Run History</span></i></b>,
please contact Nigel Hetherington at <a href="mailto:nigel@pastpreservers.com">nigel@pastpreservers.com</a>
." <br>
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