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The Book Show
The Book Show

Bill McKibben - The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon

Published June 14, 2022 at 3:00 PM EDT
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Author and Environmentalist Bill McKibben is the author of more than a dozen books, including The End of Nature, which was the first book to warn the general public about the climate crisis. Bill McKibben’s latest is “The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at His Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell Happened.”

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