Travels in American Literature

Literature has inspired travel for as long as mankind has had the written word. In its May/June issue, Book magazine compiled 10 potential lit trips in the United States, from a Jack London-inspired journey to Northern California to a William Faulkner-inspired visit to Oxford, Mississippi. We’re big Thoreau fans, so we flipped to the section on Walden Pond. “Despite the effects of growth and development on the region, Henry David Thoreau would not likely have trouble finding his way between Walden Pond and downtown Concord, Massachusetts, if he were still alive today,” the editors write. The magazine suggests visitors make stops at the Concord Museum and the Ralph Waldo Emerson House, among other places. The article isn’t available online, but the brief introduction is.

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