At the sound of the bell on the last day o f kindergarten\, B.J. Hollars and his 6-year-old son\, Henry\, hop in the car to strike out on a 2\,500-mile road trip retracing the Oregon Trail. T heir mission: to rediscover America and Americans along the way. Throughou t their two-week adventure\, they endure the usual setbacks (car trouble\, inclement weather and father-son fatigue)\, but their most compelling dra ma involves people\, privilege and their attempt to find common ground in an all-too-fractured country.
\nJoin father and son team B.J. and He nry Hollars for a reading and conversation on their journey\, their reckon ing with our nation's founding\, and their renewal of faith in America tod ay as told in their book \;Go West\, Young Man: A Father and Son Rediscover America on the Oregon Trail. \;
\nB.J. Hollars is the author of several books. His work has been featured in The Washington Post\, Parents Magazine\, NPR and elsewhere. Hollar s is the recipient of the Truman Capote Prize for Literary Nonfiction\, th e Anne B. and James B. McMillan Prize\, the Council of Wisconsin Writers' Blei-Derleth Award\, among others. He is an associate professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
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