There is no frigate like a book,” Emily Dickinson wrote, “To take us lands away.”
Summer is the perfect time to jump aboard that frigate.
Think about it. For many of us, summertime summons up thoughts of vacation. We’ll spend a week at the beach, make our way to Iowa to visit Uncle Bud’s farm, head for the mountains of North Carolina to beat the heat of Atlanta, or set out on a driving tour of the American West.
We venture off on these excursions for all sorts of reasons: to relax, to escape our routine, to get a change of scenery, to discover new places and seek out adventure…