Wed, May 21
|Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse
Hampton Sides, The Wide Wide Sea - Sit & Sign
One of The New York Times Book 2024 Review’s 10 Best Books of the Year. Mr. Sides will be signing books and visiting with customers. There will not be a full length discussion of the book.
Date, Time & Location
May 21, 2025, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM MDT
Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse, 202 Galisteo St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
About the Event
Pre-order your paperback copy of Wide Wide Sea ($19.00, paperback) from CW online here or call the store to order (505) 988-4226. The book publishes on May 27. Signed copies will be available after the event.
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook’s death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day.
On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in his ship the HMS Resolution. Two-and-a-half years later, on a beach on the island of Hawaii, Cook was killed in a conflict with native Hawaiians. How did Cook, unique among captains for his respect for Indigenous peoples and cultures, come to that fatal moment?
Hampton Sides’ bravura account…