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I should have stayed home :the worst trips of great writers

by Roger Rapoport

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ISBN13: 9781571430144
ISBN10: 1571430148
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In this hilarious anthology 50 top travel writers, novelists and journalists, including Isabel Allende, Jan Morris, Barbara Kingsolver, Paul Theroux, Mary Morris, Dominique Lapierre, Eric Hansen, Rick Steves, Tony Wheeler and Helen Gurley Brown, tell the stories of their greatest travel disasters. Most of the writers of these original essays are contributing their royalties to Oxfam America, the international relief organization. Guaranteed to whet your appetite or make you cancel your reservations.
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ISBN:
9781571430144
Subtitle:
The Worst Trips of Great Writers
Author:
Rapoport, Roger
Editor:
Castanera, Marguerita
Publisher:
RDR Books
Location:
Berkeley, Calif.
Subject:
Voyages and travels
Subject:
Travel writing
Subject:
Travel
Subject:
Essays & Travelogues
Subject:
General
Copyright:
1994
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Series Volume:
no. 6
Publication Date:
October 1994
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
256
Dimensions:
7.98x4.98x.57 in. .69 lbs.
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