Essays En Route

Benz, the author of "Guatemalan Journey" and "Green Dreams," takes readers to remote and exotic locales, introducing unusual characters and recounting little known historical anecdotes. Along the way, he reflects on the meaning of the atom bomb, describes the hardships of daily life in the former Soviet Union, and tracks down the ghosts of the infamous Donner Party.

Originally published in newspapers and magazines such as the "Miami Herald" and the "Washington Post," these essays eloquently inform and entertain both the armchair traveler and the general interest reader.