“Root illuminates E. B. White’s ‘Once More to the Lake’ in the same way jazz greats find a musical idea in a standard and make it their own; Root offers a rich and generous account of how a writer is transformed by and can transform great literature.”—Leslie Carol Roberts, author of The Entire Earth and Sky “This quiet, contemplative, and profound book is a celebration of love of places from one of our best thinkers about love of place.”—David Gessner, author of Return of the Osprey   “In Postscripts Robert Root takes you on a tour of iconic American places; the touch is deft, the conversation deep, and Henry Thoreau and E. B. White, like old friends, seem always in the next room.”—William deBuys, author of A Great Aridness   "Root's thoughtful, leisurely essays provide an intriguing glimpse into the interior life of a scholar and writer deeply engaged not only with the physical world, but with the historical, literary, and emotional worlds that lie alongside it like ghostly photographic double exposures."—Publisher's Weekly "Through his essays in Postscripts, Root compels the reader to share his sense of humility in the face of an "enduring and unchangeable natural order.""—Karunesh Tuli, Foreword Reviews