When Doctors Thought ‘Wanderlust’ Was a Psychological Condition

In whatever city he ended up in, Dadas had learned, even in a fugue state, to find the French consul, ask an official for just enough money for a train ticket home, and then use that money to travel to an entirely new city, Hacking writes. “Vagrancy was a big idea in France at the time because you were expected to be home and be a family man,” Casey says. During her time researching Dadas, Casey traveled to Bordeaux to trace the famed dromomaniac’s path and see France from his point of view.

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