| Description |
xxii, 311 pages ; 21 cm |
| Series |
The best American series |
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Best American series.
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| Summary |
"The best travel writing essays of 2019 are collected in this volume that explores what it means to travel somewhere new"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-311). |
| Contents |
Rick Steves wants to set you free / Sam Anderson -- On the road with Thomas Merton / Fred Bahnson -- If you are permanently lost / Molly McCully Brown -- Life, death, and the border patrol / Jackie Bryant Smith -- Volunteer's dilemma / Ken Budd -- My own private Iceland / Kyle Chayka -- Revisiting my grandfather's garden / Mojgan Ghazirad -- To the follower of Cheikh Bamba whom I met in Dakar / Emmanuel Iduma -- How to mourn a glacier / Lacy M. Johnson -- Such perfection / Chloé Cooper Jones -- What I learned in avalanche school / Heidi Julavits -- Glow / James Lasdun -- To hold oneself together / Yiyun Li -- The last of the great American hobos / Jeff MacGregor -- The trillion-dollar nowhere / Ben Mauk -- My father's land / Courtney Desiree Morris -- At the border, no one can know your name / Alejandra Oliva -- The shape of water / Stephanie Pearson -- Who lives in Palermo is Palermo / Ashley Powers -- Climate Signs / Emily Raboteau -- Walking with migrants / Paul Salopek -- Lost in Summerland / Barrett Swanson -- Vacation memories marred by the indelible stain of racism / Shanna B. Tiayon. |
| Subject |
Travelers' writings, American.
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Travel -- Periodicals -- Excerpts.
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Voyages and travels.
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| Genre/Form |
Travel writing.
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Essays.
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| Added Author |
Macfarlane, Robert, editor.
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Anderson, Sam.
Rick Steves wants to set you free.
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Bahnson, Fred, 1973-
On the road with Thomas Merton.
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Brown, Molly McCully, 1991-
If you are permanently lost.
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Smith, Jackie Bryant, 1941-
Life, death, and the border patrol.
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Budd, Ken.
Volunteer's dilemma.
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Chayka, Kyle.
My own private island.
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Qāz̤īʹrād, Muzhgān.
Revisiting my grandfather's garden.
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Iduma, Emmanuel.
To the follower of Cheikh Bamba whom I met in Dakar.
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Johnson, Lacy M., 1978-
How to mourn a glacier.
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Jones, Chloé Cooper.
Such perfection.
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| ISBN |
9780358362036 (paperback) |
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0358362032 (paperback) |
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