From Garry Owen to Messing About in a Boat

My paperback tour for The Last Stand ended in terrific style with an event sponsored by Gibson's Bookstore at the Red River Theatres in Concord, New Hampshire.  It's hard to beat a brand-new movie theatre for a venue, particularly when it's filled with a large and enthusiastic audience.  For me the highlight came after the talk, when we were all treated to a screening of Alfred Thomas Catalfo's wonderful film Bighorn.  Billed as a "supernatural historical fantasy," this 15-minute film is an ingenious and demented intermingling of the Battle of the Little Bighorn with the New England Patriots.  Enough said, you've got to see this movie!

Nat with filmmaker Alfred Thomas Catalfo (left) and cinematographer Jeff Spires at the Red River Theatres in Concord, N.H.

The next day I stopped off at my parents' house on Cape Cod and had the pleasure of going for a row in Spindrift, a new dinghy my father Thomas Philbrick built this winter in his basement.  The plan is to use Spindrift as a tender when we're exploring the many islands of Boston Harbor, which will be featured in my next book about Boston and the Revolution.

Nat takes Spindrift for a spin.

In other news, congratulations to Bryan McArdle who is the winner in the "Where in the World is Nat" contest. We received many entries but Bryan was the only one who was able to correctly identify all six of the cities in the photos. The correct answers are:

1. Milwaukee
2. St. Louis
3. Pittsburgh
4. Austin
5. Chicago
6. Petoskey

With all that travel behind me, I'm now back in my office bunker on Nantucket.  Many thanks to everyone who attended my various events over the course of the last four weeks.  I greatly appreciate the support.