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Source ISBN: 9780008151324
Ebook Edition © August 2017 ISBN: 9780008151331
Version: 2017-09-28
For my husband, Jerry: For all the journeys we’ve made, for all the moments of inspiration, for getting lost on lost byways, for endless rambles and flights of imagination, for knowing that the greatest journey in life is the one that takes you home. You’re the best adventure I’ve ever had.
Contents
Dedication
Thank you for all the Acts of Light which beautified a summer now passed to its reward.
—LETTER