Yours truly, hiking in Alaska

I’m Garrett Ryan. I grew up in Chicago, was a classics major at Carleton College, and ended up earning a PhD in Greek and Roman history at the University of Michigan. After defending my dissertation, I taught at a few universities before leaving academia.

These days, I run the YouTube channel toldinstone, and am the proud author of Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants, which you can preview here. The Travel Blog on this site collects some of the more interesting stories from my wanderings around Europe and America.

Feel free to send questions or comments to toldinstone@gmail.com

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