Robert Todd Felton literary and adventure travel

Salem Literary Festival

September 8, 2008, 9:54 am

Todd Felton

5pm Todd Felton and A Journey Into the Transcendentalists' New England at Old Town Hall, 2nd Floor

This lavishly illustrated volume examines the major figures of the Transcendentalist movement and explores the places that inspired them. Chapters spotlight Cambridge (Emerson) and Walden (Thoreau), Salem (Hawthorne), Amherst (Dickinson) and Concord and the utopian communities of Brook Farm and the Fruitlands. Todd is a full-time freelance writer and photographer specializing in literary and cultural travel. A Journey into the Transcendentalists' New England and A Journey into Ireland's Literary Revival have received favorable notices in the pages of Vanity Fair and The Boston Globe, among other publications. Todd has written for National Geographic Traveler and Backpacker, and also writes a monthly column on literary road trips for Automotive Traveler.