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Dean King

Dean King is an award-winning author of ten nonfiction books. He crossed the Sahara on camels and in Land Rovers while researching Skeletons on the Zahara, trekked the Long March trail in the mountains of Western China for Unbound, and was shot at while researching The Feud in Appalachia. 

Mr. King's writing has appeared in GrantaGarden & GunNational Geographic AdventureOutsideTravel & LeisureNew York magazine, and The New York Times. He is the chief storyteller in two History Channel documentaries and is a producer of its nonfiction series Hatfields & McCoys: White Lightning.

An internationally known speaker, King has also appeared on NPR’s Talk of the Nation, ABC World News TonightPBS American ExperienceBBC Radio, and TEDx. He is a partner of Gum Street Productions, which is currently developing a feature documentary for Netflix.

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Muir struggled for decades to create and protect Yosemite National Park, and helped launch the American environmental movement.