A Knoxville author will be in town next week to discuss a new book he’s written.

Scott Rank has spent the last 15 years traveling the world and he’s turned his experiences into a book titled, How Iowa Conquered The World. In it, Rank discusses Iowa’s role as a multicultural hub in the 19th century and how it was the Silicon Valley of the early 1900’s.

Rank will have his reading and conversation at the Coffee Connection on Saturday, September 27th, beginning at 10am.