Short takes: by road and rail

摘要

The title is both a sexist throwback and inaccurate. This is "The Routes of Ted Conover." If you choose to go along with his travels, usually on roads, you'll learn that roads "not only connect but intersect" and that college gives you a more formal education than a road trip will. We learn that a rich Park Avenue couple will be buying lots of mahogany for their apartment flooring upgrade, a set-up apparently needed for Conover to go on a 50-page expedition into the Amazon jungle with Peruvians seeking mahogany trees to cut into planks.