| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
383 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"Versions of the long-form essays collected here were originally published in Outside, Harper's, Men's Journal, and Byliner" -- Title page verso. |
| Contents |
Kingdoms in the air -- Something wild in the blood -- Here the bear and the Mafia roam -- Huevos fritos -- Greetings from the Big Pineapple -- In deepest Gringolandia -- The life I didn't get -- Mount Ararat -- Dorado -- Gorongosa -- What I did with the gold -- Wartime interlude -- Leave. |
| Summary |
A collection of travel and adventure essays from a National Book Award-winning writer and former war journalist describes his experiences surfing, his obsession with fishing dorado in the rivers of South America and the time he went bushwhacking in Mozambique. |
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"Best known for his sweeping international and political fiction narratives, including The Woman Who Lost Her Soul, which won the Dayton Peace Prize and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Bob Shacochis began his writing career as a pioneering journalist and contributing editor for Outside magazine and Harper's. Kingdoms in the Air brings together the very best of Shacochis's culture and travel essays in one live-wire collection that spans his global adventures and his life passions; from surfing, to his obsession with the South American dorado, to the time he went bushwhacking in Mozambique. In the titular essay "Kingdoms," the longest work in the collection, Shacochis ventures to Nepal with his friend, the photographer Thomas Laird, who was the first foreigner to live in Nepal's kingdom of Mustang as the forbidden Shangri-la prepared to open its borders to trekkers and trade. When the two men return a decade after Laird first lived there, Shacochis observes in brilliantly evocative prose both the current cultural and political landscape of the country and the changes with which his friend has to reconcile. Replete with Shacochis's signature swagger, humor, and crystalline wisdom, Kingdoms in the Air is a majestic and essential collection from one of our most important writers." --Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Shacochis, Bob -- Travel.
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Shacochis, Bob. (OCoLC)fst00132039
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Adventure and adventurers.
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Adventure and adventurers. (OCoLC)fst00797447
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Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
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| Genre/Form |
Essays. (OCoLC)fst01919922.
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Travel writing. (OCoLC)fst01919983
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Essays.
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Travel writing.
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| Added Title |
Essays. Selections
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| ISBN |
9780802124760: $26.00 |
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0802124763 |
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