[SEMCO] Hit and Run History: The Columbia Expedition PR

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The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
Presents
a Screening of
Hit and Run History: The Columbia Expedition

August 5, 2009 at 7:00 P.M.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 21, 2009
Contact: Julie O’Neil 508-896-3867 or 
<mailto:adminsupprt at ccmnh.org>adminsupport at ccmnh.org

    The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in 
Brewster will be the venue for gumshoe historian 
Andrew Buckley’s screening of Hit and Run 
History: The Columbia Expedition 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.

    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 The Bostoner.
    “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.’”
    Hit and Run History’s 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.
    Following the screening Buckley will be 
available for a question and answer period and 
signing of his novel, The Bostoner.
    This project was awarded three Massachusetts 
Cultural Council Grants through the Chatham, 
Marshfield, and Wareham Cultural Councils.
"Hit and Run History” is represented by Past 
Preservers.  For media inquiries about Hit and 
Run History, please contact Nigel Hetherington at 
<mailto:nigel at pastpreservers.com>nigel at pastpreservers.com."


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