Author Charles Rice to Speak November 12 at
Mars Hill Library
Charles Rice spent 16 months backpacking across the Mongolian steppes training journalists. Along the way he kept a journal of his travels and experiences. These became a book – My Journey to Mongolia: A Reporter’s Journal. The Friends of the Mars Hill Library are pleased to host Mr. Rice on Wednesday, November 12 at 1 PM at the Mars Hill Library Meeting Room. Mr. Rice has been fortunate in that his work allows him to work closely with local citizens. His book on Mongolia explores those relationships and the culture of the country.
Mr. Rice grew up on a farm in Madison County and now resides in Marshall. He is an accomplished writer, painter and journalist. He has worked for thirty years as a broadcast journalist and won numerous awards. He has worked and lived in more than half a dozen countries.
My Journey to Mongolia: A Reporter's Journal is a compilation of short sketches of incidents, usually written shortly after they occurred. They offer a glimpse of my 16 months backpacking across the Mongolian steppe training journalists -- where I met reindeer herders, feasted on sheep ears, bonded with Eagle hunters, drank fermented mare's milk, hiked through a blizzard and awoke to an icy hotel room to discover my toothpaste had frozen. All along the way, I met some of the warmest people in the world in one of the coldest places on Earth.” Come and hear his stories of visiting a distant and unusual world far away.