Join us as we launch Brad Herzog’s new book turn left at the trojan horse, A Would-Be Hero’s American Odyssey. The evening will begin at 6:30 p.m. with a public reception with the author, cash bar and some nibbles. At 7:00 p.m. join us in the Salinas Room for a discussion of the book and its meaning, the author’s process and a digital presentation. Book-singing and Q&A to follow the talk. The author will also be signing his other book States of Mind. All books must be purchased at the National Steinbeck Center to be signed.

turn left at the trojan horse is a cross-country version of the ancient Greek epics and a search for the heroic ideal, as the author treks toward a college reunion in Ithaca, NY. It is a memoir exploring the parameters of a heroic existence – by delving into lives and lessons off the beater path, by examining universal truths embedded in ancient myths and through a fair bits of self-evaluation.

States of Mind, which one reviewer claimed “will stand with Travels with Charley as a rare road-trip book to endure,” is a search for virtue in America’s nooks and crannies – from Farth, SD and Hope, MS to Pride, AL and Joy, IL.

Brad Herzog lives in Pacific Grove with his wife and their two sons. He has written hundreds of national magazine articles (on topics ranging from civil rights to sports car racing), a series of children’s books and three acclaimed American travel memoirs in which he examines the big picture while traveling through some of the tiniest dots on the map. His latest book is turn left at the trojan horse.

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