Rory Nugent is a writer and an explorer. His work takes inventory of the deep shadows cast by war by traditions gone missing and about to go missing. His findings have appeared in newspapers and magazines around the world, and in his three books: Down at The Docks (Pantheon, 2009), Drums Along the Congo (Houghton-Mifflin, 1993), The Search for the Pink-headed Duck (Houghton-Mifflin, 1991).