Going Places | A Reader's Guide to Travel Narrative

Robert Burgin

ISBN 10: 1598849727 / ISBN 13: 9781598849721

Published by Libraries Unlimited, 2013

About this Item

Going Places | A Reader's Guide to Travel Narrative | Robert Burgin | Buch | Gebunden | Englisch | 2013 | Libraries Unlimited | EAN 9781598849721 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Going Places | A Reader's Guide to Travel Narrative
• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1598849727
• ISBN 13: 9781598849721
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 260W x 183H x 37D millimeters 260 millimeters width by 183 millimeters height by 37 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1315 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Bücher

About this title

Synopsis

Successfully navigate the rich world of travel narratives and identify fiction and nonfiction read-alikes with this detailed and expertly constructed guide.

Just as savvy travelers make use of guidebooks to help navigate the hundreds of countries around the globe, smart librarians need a guidebook that makes sense of the world of travel narratives. Going Places: A Reader's Guide to Travel Narratives meets that demand, helping librarians assist patrons in finding the nonfiction books that most interest them. It will also serve to help users better understand the genre and their own reading interests.

The book examines the subgenres of the travel narrative genre in its seven chapters, categorizing and describing approximately 600 titles according to genres and broad reading interests, and identifying hundreds of other fiction and nonfiction titles as read-alikes and related reads by shared key topics. The author has also identified award-winning titles and spotlighted further resources on travel lit, making this work an ideal guide for readers' advisors as well a book general readers will enjoy browsing.

About the Author

Robert Burgin, PhD, is a consultant to libraries and a former professor at North Carolina Central University's School of Library and Information Sciences.