Author Meet & Greet: Dr. Mark Neužil

Come meet author and journalist Dr. Mark Neužil, have your book signed, and learn about the history of canoes!

Canoes: A Natural History in North America was a finalist for a Minnesota Book Award; it was called “a visual as well as informative feast” by Booklist, “lovely and practical” in the Toronto Star and “a fantastic adventure” by the Washington Post. Published by the University of Minnesota Press, it tells the story of North America’s most important watercraft, from the native tribes and their perfection of its engineering to modern-day synthetic boats that can be lifted with one hand. The book is filled with characters, from tribal craftsmen and women to voyageurs, adventurers, lovers and those keeping the old ways alive. Filled with more than 300 images and several important maps of canoe routes old and new, the book is a loving tribute to the canoe experience.

Dr. Mark Neužil is a professor of journalism and environmental studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn. He has written, co-written or edited eight books, most with environmental themes, including Canoes: A Natural History in North America (with Norman Sims), A Spiritual Field Guide (with Bernard Brady) and Views on the Mississippi: The Photographs of Henry Peter Bosse, which won a Minnesota Book Award.

An avid outdoorsman who enjoys fishing and hunting, Mark makes multiple canoe camping trips each year. His journalism has taken him to such varied places as Cuba, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan, and his freelance articles have appeared in publications including Field & Stream, the Saturday Evening Post, American Forests, Earth Island Journal and Audubon magazine.

He was a Fulbright Scholar at Charles University in Prague, where he enjoyed the Czech pastimes of carp fishing and mushroom hunting.

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