Author Nat Philbrick to Speak at Mystic Seaport

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 WHO     Nathaniel Philbrick, author “The Last Stand”
DATE     Wednesday, May 18, 2011
WHERE Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT
WHAT   National Book Award-winning author Nathaniel Philbrick (“The Heart of the Sea” and “Mayflower”) will give a talk about his latest book, “The Last Stand,” a revealing examination of the legend of Gen. George Armstrong Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Philbrick delves into the context and realities of Custer’s unexpected defeat at the hands of his Native American enemies under Sitting Bull. While both men professed to want peace on the eve of battle, neither pursued it and the result was what can only be called a massacre. Philbrick takes the reader step-by-step through the events of that fateful day in 1876 to try and determine what really happened.
 
Philbrick will speak from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. in the River Room at Latitude 41 Restaurant & Pub at Mystic Seaport.
 
Interviews available upon request.
 
For more information got to www.mysticseaport.org or contact:
 
Dan McFadden
Director of Communications
Mystic Seaport
75 Greenmanville Avenue
PO Box 6000-0990
Mystic, CT 06355
(860) 572-5317
dan.mcfadden@mysticseaport.org