When Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017--revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was "fresh, unpretentious and lean" (Madeline Miller, Washington Post)--critics lauded it as "a revelation" (Susan Chira, New York Times) and "a cultural landmark" (Charlotte Higgins, Guardian) that would forever change how Homer is read in English. Now Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer's other...

Collects over sixty poems, tracing the spirit of exploration from ancient to recent times and from Alexander the Great to Sylvia Earle, presenting these intrepid personalities and their discoveries with flair.

"The story of Garrett Morgan, an African American inventor, who created the first automatic three-way traffic signal system"--