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...John Ledyard brings new meaning to the word “trekkie.” Like modern-day “Star Trek” devotees, Ledyard had an obsession with the final frontier and exploration. However, back in 1786, when the intrepid Dartmouth College drop-out managed to walk through Scandinavia in the dead of winter, the last unknowns were still earthbound. James Zug’s lithe, aptly-named biography, “American Traveler,” delightfully follows the haphazard journeys of the first great American explorer, who sailed with Captain Cook, dined with Thomas Jefferson...
...Ledyard was born in 1751 to a pair of first cousins who had to run away from their homes in Groton, Conn., to get married. After his father died at sea, Ledyard went to learn business from his paternal grandfather—but the two were a mismatched pair. As a result, the older Ledyard diverged from the tradition of handing down his estate to his eldest son’s eldest son, leaving young John only 60 pounds—equivalent to almost $10,000 today. Not bad, but the estate was worth about...
...wander to the race book and bingo rooms of the casino. Both are dead, but they won't stay that way for long. Sunday will be a big day for high stakes bingo in Connecticut, just as it has been ever since Foxwoods, just down the road in Ledyard, opened its first bingo game in 1986. Which reminds me, I'm going to Foxwoods. And I'd better...
...Then I did two tours in the Marines, then some other shit. But now I'm back. I live just down the road now, like two miles away. But I'm never fucking coming back. I just called my friend. An Italian guy, lives down the road in Ledyard. He's gonna come pick me up. Shit, I'm never coming back. Fuck...
...last night, are beginning to fill up. Two hours before the big noon game, the bingo hall is easily half full, and a mob of senior citizens is lining up to buy their way in. Bingo is what started it all, but it all started down the road in Ledyard. I get back in the car and make my way back to Foxwoods for the last time...