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Nathaniel Philbrick with John Markoff

October 18 at 4pm

At Kepler's Books

Menlo Park

Warm, well-organized bookstore with puzzles, cards, and gifts
Email [email protected] for ADA accommodations

Pulitzer finalist Nathaniel Philbrick reimagines the Gold Rush as an origin story of modern America: how wealth, vigilantism, and xenophobia forged a nation already fracturing toward war. A sharp conversation with tech journalist John Markoff on power, history, and the stories we tell.

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  • National Book Award winner
  • Pulitzer Prize finalist
  • Gold Rush history
  • Civil War origins
  • Kepler's Books
  • Menlo Park

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