"It seems to me the book has not just aesthetic values-- the charming little clothy box of the thing, the smell of the glue, even the print, which has its own beauty. But there's something about the sensation of ink on paper that is in some sense a thing, a phenomenon rather than an epiphenomenon. I can't break the association of electric trash with the computer screen. Words on the screen give the sense of being just another passing electronic wriggle."
—John Hoyer Updike (b. 1932) American writer, Rabbit, Run, Rabbit at Rest |
Cape CharlesDocument ActionsCape Charles was a center of business for many years. Notice that this was another place where paving of roads had not happened yet. The cars were older and horse drawn equipment was still in existence. The scene is basically the same area but many years prior to the ones below. Even the roads were unpaved in this view. 
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