A poignant and luminous read. Prentiss takes us on a literary pilgrimage that is both passionate and unapologetic. While following the traces of the writer Edward Abbey from Home, Pennsylvania to the deserts of the great American southwest, the author provides an eloquent voice to this exploratory ramble. Prentiss also provides a mindful personal chronicle as he searches simultaneously for many of his own answers and encourages the reader to do the same. The book inspires us to keep asking more questions, whatever the mystery, to get out there, get thirsty, get dirty, get scratched up. The "search" is held in high esteem within these pages. One of my favorite lines in the book is: "I don't take the book off the shelf, and I don't read it. I merely tap on the spine just to feel it." This is alluring prose but I recommend opening this book and enjoying the journey cover to cover.