Fall for the Book 2019

A Cappella Books calls Andrew Lawler’s The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke “a sweeping account of America's oldest unsolved mystery, the people racing to unearth its answer, and the sobering truths—about race, gender, and immigration.” And The Wall Street Journal writes, The Secret Token is “the most authoritative account of the Lost Colony to date . . . [Lawler] recounts his arduous travels with clarity and insight.” In his extensive and thrilling research on the Lost Colony of Roanoke—a historical event that has baffled historians for 400 years—Lawler unravels this enigma, and offers a new understanding on why the Lost Colony continues to haunt our national consciousness. Sponsored by Kings Park Friends