Author of “Mountains Beyond Mountains” to visit Elon, Sept. 26

Tracy Kidder, author of “Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure The World,” will discuss the book and his travels with Farmer during a lecture at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 26 in Koury Center on the Elon University campus. The book is Elon’s Common Reading for 2006-07.

Kidder became acquainted with Farmer in 1994 while working on a story about American soldiers in Haiti. For the next six years, Kidder traveled extensively to research the remarkable story of Farmer, who has traveled to Haiti, Tanzania and various other countries around the world to bring better health care to the poor.

An accomplished writer, Kidder has won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award and the Robert F. Kennedy Award. He is the author several highly-acclaimed books, including “The Soul of a New Machine,” “House,” “Among Schoolchildren,” “Old Friends,” and “Home Town.”