**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Meeting via email.**  

Ever wonder why diamonds are so expensive? Why the Middle East dominates the world’s oil market? Why Ancient Greece had so many marble statues and buildings? Or why Europe and China developed guns and steel, not Native Americans? A sneak preview of my forthcoming book on this subject, the talk will take audiences through a remarkable story of shifting continents, clever people, and hidden riches below the surface that shaped our species. We will explore the ways that the Earth’s naturally occurring geology influenced the early evolution of human culture, and the creative ways that people have overcome the challenges of the natural world. The Earth once shaped us—but now we shape it, but in spite of our innovations we depend on the natural world more than we possibly imagine. Led by Eamon McCarthy Earls, author of 10 books, including Twisted Sisters: How Four Superstorms Forever Changed the Northeast in 1954 & 1955 and Cold War New England: How One Region Fought to Keep the Cold War from Getting Hot. Currently a law school student at George Mason University, Eamon received a BA in History and BS in Genealogy from UMass Amherst, and a MBA from Western Governors University.  

Register directly on Zoom HERE. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.