Firsthand

by David Wolman

Autistic activists. Currency rebels. Nuclear waste experts. Spelling reformers. Misunderstood criminals. Egyptian revolutionaries. Genteel doomsayers, brazen engineers, pro-GMO environmentalists, neuroscientists, and, of course, the Illinois man whose left hand was sewn onto his right wrist. Join author and journalist David Wolman as he travels the globe to find people and places out on the margins, and share stories that will surprise, inform, and inspire.

361 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 1, 2014

About the author

David Wolman is a Contributing Editor at OUTSIDE and a longtime contributor at WIRED. He has also written for publications such as the New York Times, New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, BusisnessWeek, and Nature. His work has twice been anthologized in the Best American Science and Nature Writing series, and his feature about Egyptian revolutionaries was nominated for a National Magazine Award. His latest book, Aloha Rodeo, will be published in May, 2019 (HarperCollins).
David is a former Oregon Arts Commission fellow, Fulbright journalism fellow (Japan), and a graduate of Stanford University's journalism program. His other books include The End of Money, A Left-Hand Turn Around the World, Righting the Mother Tongue, and Firsthand. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and two children.

Follow him on Twitter and Instagram at @davidwolman.