Deep Travel.

Deep Travel

David K. Leff

University of Iowa Press

100 Kuhl House, 119 West Park Road, Iowa City, IA 52242-1000

9781587297892, $32.00 www.uiowapress.org 1-800-621-2736

Deep Travel: In Thoreau's Wake on the Concord and Merrimack is a first-person travelogue and narrative memoir about author David Leff's personal journey in 2004, undertaken in the same, open-minded spirit toward natural ecology that characterizes the classical works of American legend Henry David Thoreau. The concept of "deep travel"--seeking to better understand oneself and the world through one's journey, and therefore traveling "deep" rather than "far"--resonates through this story of the value of seeking, contemplating, and personal enrichment through being open to new experiences and perspectives. Told in first-person from the author's perspective--later with input from those who shared his journeys (his neighbor, friend, and expert city planner Alan, his eleven-year-old son Josh, and his sweetheart Pamela)--Deep Travel is an unforgettable source of inspiration and is especially recommended to armchair travelers as well as nature lovers of all backgrounds.