A Kansas City man took his daughters to all 50 states and healed his own childhood trauma

Chelan David's “Beautiful States of Mind: A Father and Daughters’ Pilgrimage to all 50 States” is both a travel guide and a memoir of David's bonding experiences with his girls. Looming in the pages is David's childhood kidnapping by his own father.
The author's kidnapping is a natural place to begin a conversation about “Beautiful States of Mind: A Father and Daughters’ Pilgrimage to all 50 States.”