Insiders' Guide Quick Escapes Washington, D.C.: Getaways From The Nation's Capital

Fitzpatrick, John,Burkhalter, Holly J.

ISBN 10: 0762734809 / ISBN 13: 9780762734801

Published by Globe Pequot Pr, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Insiders' Guide Quick Escapes Washington, D.C.: Getaways From The Nation's Capital
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0762734809
• ISBN 13: 9780762734801
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 5th or later Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Go hiking in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia; visit Fallingwater in the Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania; or stay at a Victorian cottage in Cape May, New Jersey--twenty-four minivacations take readers away from the hustle and bustle of our nation's capital.

About the Author

John Fitzpatrick teaches political science and is the Director of the State University of New York at Brockport's Washington Semester Program. John is a graduate of Georgetown University and has a Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He worked as a Congressional staffer for ten years and ran a political consulting firm for eight years.

Holly Burkhalter is Advocacy Director of Physicians for Human Rights, an international human rights organization. Holly is a graduate of Iowa State University and a recipient of one of its Distinguished Young Alumni awards. She is the author of numerous articles and op-ed pieces, and she frequently appears on radio and television discussing foreign policy. She is also the author of a cookbook/memoir, Four Midwestern Sisters Christmas Book (Viking Penguin, 1991).

John and Holly have been married since 1984. They have two daughters, Grace Bofa Fitzpatrick and Josie Bao-Ngan Fitzpatrick.