The Lost Chance

The atmospheric Nevermore Books, one of two independent bookstores in Beaufort.

By Michael Latta
It’s 1957. I’m in my next to last year at the LA Art Center College. Broke. Then an uncle died, leaving me $10,000. What would you have done?
Probably not what I did.
I bought a new Austin Healy to pick up in England, flew to New York, and took a cruise ship
to Britain, only to find my car wouldn’t be ready for two more weeks. So, I booked a seat on the boat train to Paris and began the best summer of my young life.
During my first Parisian week, I met another young American who thankfully knew a street
hustler who gave the best deal when cashing a traveler’s check. It became ...

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