| Edition |
1st edition. |
| Description |
318 pages ; 20 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Don George -- Over the edge / Sloane Crosley -- The place I'll never forget / Tim Cahill -- The first time I had so many first times / Pico Iyer -- Innocence abroad / Jan Morris -- In the beginning there was Paris / David Downie -- The Paris tattoo / Ann Patchett -- Lies of passage, Zurich 1973 / Lloyd Jones -- Song / Dave Eggers -- In Swaziland / Alexander McCall Smith -- Innocents abroad / Richard Ford -- Two angels in Anatolia / Candace Rose Rardon -- A walk with a cave man / Jenna Scatena -- El Clavo / Amy Gigi Alexander -- Into the Puna / Virginia Abbott -- A walk on thin ice / Simon Winchester -- Lights out in Hanoi / Fiona Kidman -- Friends we've not yet met / Kerre McIvor -- Fiora's niche / John Berendt -- Mauve / Marina Lewycka -- Cabbage soup / Tony Wheeler -- Man to man / Jeff Greenwald -- The accidental eco-tourist / Mary Karr -- Horsing around France / Jane Smiley -- Reaching bliss / Suzanne Joinson -- Coming home / David Baldacci -- Summer at the Villa Juju / Anthony Sattin -- Saved by a camel / Amanda Jones -- Wonder train / Colleen Kinder -- Voice lessons / Anna Vodicka -- Stolen / Lavinia Spalding -- A face you'll never forget / Larry Habegger -- War story / Jim Benning -- Forty-five / Cheryl Strayed -- Rebirth in Rome / Stanley Stewart -- A strange place called home / Torre DeRoche. |
| Summary |
Including contributions from Dave Eggers, Pico Iyer, Richard Ford and Jane Smiley, more than 20 well-known writers share the travel experiences that shaped their personalities and changed their lives. |
| Subject |
Voyages and travels -- Anecdotes.
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Travel -- Anecdotes.
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Travelers' writings.
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Travel writing.
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Authors -- Travel -- Anecdotes.
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| Added Author |
George, Donald W., editor.
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Lonely Planet Publications (Firm), issuing body.
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| Note |
At head of title : Lonely Planet |
| ISBN |
9781743603604 paperback : $15.99 |
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1743603606 paperback |
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