Your unit is leaving Albany, NY — retreating and regrouping, tactically speaking. Mounds of discarded personal possessions clutter the alleyway, as civilians trickle out of camp, bearing whatever it is they cannot bear to leave behind. Are they clinging to the past? Are they hoping to rebuild humanity?
A pile catches your eye. Amongst old issues of “Good Housekeeping” and “People,” you find some classics: Faulkner, Thoreau, Twain, Whitman and more. Which book’s weight will you choose to carry?
