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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780618118809 |
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About the Author
Table of Contents
Foreword xi
Introduction by Frances Mayes xvii
André Aciman. Roman Hours 1
from Condé Nast Traveler
Scott Anderson. Below Canal Street 11
from Esquire
Stephen Bodio. Sovereigns of the Sky 20
from The Atlantic Monthly
William Booth. Throw Junior from the Car 27
from The Washington Post Magazine
Kevin Canty. Postcards from the Fair 36
from The Oxford American
Rod Davis. A Rio Runs Through It 45
from The San Antonio Express-News
Michael Finkel. Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Void 81
from National Geographic Adventure
Devin Friedman. Forty Years in Acapulco 97
from Men's Journal
Laurence Gonzales. Beyond the End of the Road 107
from National Geographic Adventure
Adam Gopnik. The City and the Pillars 124
from The New Yorker
Jim Harrison. Soul Food 131
from Men's Journal
Kate Hennessy. Slow Flying Stones 145
from DoubleTake
Edward Hoagland. Visiting Norah 163
from Worth
Kathleen Lee. The Scent of Two Cities 188
from Condé Nast Traveler
Lawrence Millman. In the Land of the White Rajahs 200
from Islands
Toni Mirosevich. Lambs of God and the New Math 211
from The San Francisco Chronicle
Tom Mueller. Ancient Roads, Walled Cities 220
from Hemispheres
Elizabeth Nickson. Where the Bee Sucks 229
from Harper's Magazine
Molly O'neill. Home for Dinner 245
from The New Yorker
P. J . O'rourke. Zion's Vital Signs 263
from The Atlantic Monthly
Tony Perrottet. Spain in a Minor Key 282
from Islands
Kira Salak. Making Rain 294
from Quarterly West
David Sedaris. The Man Upstairs 310
from Esquire
Thomas Swick. Stolen Blessings 316
from The South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Isabella Tree. Spétses, Greece 321
from Islands
Kate Wheeler. The Fist of God 327
from Outside
Contributors' Notes 343
Notable Travel Writing of 2001 348\n
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780618118809
- Editor:
- Mayes, Frances
- Editor:
- Wilson, Jason
- Author:
- Author:
- Editor:
- Wilson, Jason
- Editor:
- Mayes, Frances
- Publisher:
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Location:
- Boston, MA
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Travel
- Subject:
- Essays & Travelogues
- Subject:
- Travelers' writings, American
- Subject:
- General Travel
- Subject:
- Travel writing, American
- Copyright:
- 2002
- Edition Number:
- 2002
- Edition Description:
- 2002 Paperback
- Series:
- Best American Travel Writing
- Series Volume:
- no. 7 (1986)
- Publication Date:
- October 2002
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Grade Level:
- General/trade
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Y
- Pages:
- 384
- Dimensions:
- 8.14x5.46x1.00 in. .97 lbs.










