While Charles Culbertson is best known for his books about historic Staunton, Virginia, he has, over the years, published articles and opinion pieces on a variety of topics - such as the famous people he has killed, the writer's curse, and his quest to buy Errol Flynn's sword at a Christie's auction. These and twenty-one other musings - both serious and not so serious - are presented in "Purely for Pleasure," Mr. Culbertson's first collection of writings...