Book Club! -- The Map That Changed the World by Simon Winchester

**It's not required to have read the book to join, but there will be major spoilers!**

When: Monday, July 28th, at 6-8 PM

Where: Poor Richard's Restaurant (324 1/2 N Tejon St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903)

Book: The Map That Changed the World by Simon Winchester

Summary: The fascinating story of 'Strata' Smith, a man who crossed boundaries of class, wealth, and science to produce a map that fundamentally changed the way we view the world. William Smith was not rich or well connected, but his passion for rocks and fossils, and his twenty-year obsession with single-handedly mapping the geology of Britain made him one of the most significant men of the nineteenth century. However his vision cost him dear - his wife went mad, his work was stolen by jealous colleagues who eventually ruined him, and he was imprisoned for debt.

**It's not required to have read the book to join, but there will be major spoilers!**