“All my friends have settled in mundane places like London, Rome or Singapore. Only you have chosen a truly exotic place to live.” This is what a former classmate of Murphy’s observes in a letter to the author. The location he’s... Read More

“There has to come a time in my life to prove to myself that I am what I profess to be. I must be counted and I must be visible. My wife shares my convictions. We leave tonight for Alabama. And we are afraid.” This is from a letter... Read More

We would descend from 16,000 feet to only 3,200; most of that drop happened within sixty miles of very twisting road. As narrow as six feet in places, the road was carved into the side of the mountain. Even the organizers…said this is... Read More

How does someone attain the status of hero? Kostyal, an editor with National Geographic Traveler, examines the life of General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson to determine what traits led him to become a legend during his two-year tenure... Read More

When Marjorie Earl joined the general reporting staff of the Toronto Star in 1942, the publisher—believing the presence of a female in the city department would “demoralize the male reporters”—had her desk placed in with the... Read More

Did you hear about the two cowboys who one hot dusty day decided to take a forbidden dip in one of the water tanks on the ranch they worked at? A couple of their cohorts thought they’d be funny and steal their clothes… That was just... Read More

Skylark is the story of a time—the time when men first took to the sky after the Wright Brothers showed that it was, indeed, a possibility. And Skylark is the story of a man—named Harry Nelson Atwood who came into his own during... Read More

A book written seventy years ago has just been translated into English, giving wider audience to Argentinean author Roberto Arlt’s work. The Seven Madmen is set in Buenos Aires in the then-present-time of 1929 and opens with main... Read More