Herland is a book written by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman about folk culture. The book starts with a story based on a scientific expedition, I became fascinated with the legends and folk myths of these scattered tribes. They spoke of a strange country where no men lived, only women and girl children. It was dangerous, deadly, for any man to go there; but there were tales of long ago when some brave investigator had seen it. Jeffrey Eugenides: T. O. Without drawing any more attention than a snip in the society section, Nicholson could put up his large steam yacht, load a large motorboat that was expressly made for it, and tuck in a "disassembled" biplane. A long ocean cruise is a great opportunity for conversation, and this time there were no listeners. They followed us while sailing low, quartering, and observing the country. They saw land in a state of perfect cultivation, where even the forests looked as if they were cared for" It was quite easy to see afterward that the wisest course of action would have been to thoroughly research the nation before leaving our swooping airship.