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The Allure of the West

From CtB, Happy Fourth of July. For today’s article, Excl and James Michael Kenney-Prentiss team up to bring you the following meditation on LeBron’s move west, to the city of angels.

The West – majestic, mysterious, beckoning – beckoning all would-be adventurers with promises of gold, of glory, of the indefinable, yet desirable. The allure has captured many an imagination, and has spurred some of the greatest triumphs and saddest tragedies in our collective human story. Christopher Columbus sailed West to find a shorter route to China, ushering in one of the most seismic clashes between two great peoples, all leading to the creation of our America.