In Nature’s Messenger acclaimed writer Patrick Dean follows Catesby from his youth as a landed gentleman in rural England to his early work as a naturalist and his adventurous travels. A pioneer in many ways, Catesby’s careful attention to the knowledge of non-Europeans in America—the enslaved Africans and Native Americans who had their own sources of food and medicine from nature—set him apart from others of his time. Patrick will be in conversation with friend and author Ralph Eubanks on Monday, June 19th at 5:30 PM @ Off Square Books.