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The Big Read: The Call of the Wild
Additional events in the Big Read city of Santa Clara. About The Big Read.
Events
de Saisset Museum Big Read Exhibit
Feb 25 - Jun 3, 2011


Father Hubbard: Trekking Through Alaska

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Triton Museum of Art
April 2, 2011 Noon to 1 p.m.


Canadian Sled Dog Historian Jeff Dinsdale

Talked about mushing in the era of the Klondike Gold Rush.
Sled dog demonstration followed.

de Saisset Museum
April 14, 2011, Noon to 1:00 p.m.


Echoes, Ethics, and the Wild:
Dramatic Readings and Ethical Reflections on 'The Call of the Wild' a Century after Its Publication.


Santa Clara University's Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and the California Legacy Project present "Echoes, Ethics, and the Wild: Dramatic Readings and Ethical Reflections on 'The Call of the Wild' a Century After Its Publication." SCU faculty and students read from the novel and made brief ethical reflections. Part of the Ethics at Noon Series.
 
de Saisset Museum
April 14, 2011, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.


When Santa Clara Dogs Go Bad:
An Ecocritical Look at Jack London's Most Feral Protagonist.


John S. Farnsworth, a California Legacy Project Scholar and Lecturer for Environmental Writing and Literature with the SCU Environmental Studies Institute, talked about Jack London's most famous protagonist in a Environmental Studies Institute symposium.