Colonel Ingham's Visit to Sybaris is a novel written by Edward Everett Hale and published in 1869. The story follows Colonel John Ingham, a wealthy and influential man from Boston, as he travels to the fictional town of Sybaris in search of a new investment opportunity. Sybaris is a small, struggling community that has fallen on hard times, and Ingham sees an opportunity to invest in the town and help it prosper.As Ingham gets to know the people of...