A customer brought From Here to There to the front counter the other day flipping through it saying, “ah, they chose my map.” Gowri Savoor showed me a map on pages 156-157 which is entitled “The Future is Unwritten.” I became very curious and scrutinized the book. It’s a compendium of hand drawn maps selected from the Hand Drawn Map Association. Kris Harzinski writes in the preface, “HDMA began as a website www.handmaps.org where I posted the few maps I had collected with a simple invitation to others asking them to contribute their own maps, their stories and their personal accounts…” The maps are much more than directions. The cartographers included in this collection instill imagination, personal histories as well as a sense of place in order for the map reader to understand their perspective. The maps fall under a variety of themes such as: Direction, Fictional and Artful Maps. A few historical maps are included, too. The maps’ detail ranges from a few lines and landmarks, see pages 126-127 “Meta Mapa” which are brief hand drawn maps on hands to Montpelierite Gowri Savoor’s beautifully intricate self-portrait which she describes “…faces contain elements that chart our individual existence.” One negative criticism is the Table of Contents is not accurate. This, however, only compels me to consider the maps and themes more closely and prolong my enjoyment of the novelty of this collection.