With his next college reunion approaching and middle age bearing down, Brad Herzog '90 considers the meaning of a heroic life in his new book, "Greek to Me: A Would-be Hero's American Odyssey."

In his third travel memoir, Herzog hits the road, wending his way toward Ithaca, N.Y., like a modern-day Odysseus in Kerouac clothing, and stopping in only classically named towns.

Musing on what Homer and the Greek myths have to say about life, he finds the inspiring, stirring and sometimes wry stories of ordinary Americans living exemplary or unusual lives -- the teacher in a one-room schoolhouse in Troy (Oregon); a soldier and father in Sparta (Wisconsin); an energetic preacher in Apollo (Pennsylvania); and a lifelong hobo in Iliad (Montana).

Herzog graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences with a degree in psychology. The book is due out June 10 and is published by Arcade Publishing.

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