As the country winds down celebrations of the 250th anniversary of its founding, we have planned a trip across this vast and varying land, letting its authors and thinkers show us some of what the country has had to say for itself. We travel from East to West, from cities to the frontiers, to ask what binds us to—and what gives us distance from—this place, this land, these United States. In this special addition to our series, we spend nine months reading that great, roiling masterpiece of the American Renaissance, Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. Apply Here.