Author Talk: Lori Erickson “Every Step is Home: A Spiritual Geography from Appalachia to Alaska”

Join us in welcoming author Lori Erickson as she speaks about her new book that features Effigy Mounds National Monument! Lori is one of America’s top travel writers specializing in spiritual journeys. Her newest book, “Every Step is Home: A Spiritual Geography From Appalachia to Alaska,” features spiritual sites and experiences in the United States, from the California redwoods and New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon to Hawaii’s Volcanoes National Park. Each chapter is also a reflection on a different element or theme, including sacred water, sacred air, sacred caves and sacred fire. Lori will talk about what she discovered in her travels to remarkable American wonders, including Effigy Mounds.

Effigy Mounds National Monument preserves prehistoric American Indian burial and ceremonial mounds, including some in the shape of animals. The monument is located three miles north of Marquette, Iowa, and 22 miles south of Waukon, Iowa, on Highway 76. For more information, call (563) 873-3491, ext. 123, or visit the parks website at www.nps.gov/effigymounds or its Facebook page at www.facebook.com/EffigyMounds.

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