THE BEST AMERICAN TRAVEL WRITING : 2000, Inaugural Editon
Bryson, Bill (Editor); & Wilson, Jason (Series Editor)
Language: English
Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA, 2000
- First Edition
- Softcover
- New
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BRAND NEW & Collectible. Inaugural Edition, First Printing. Anthology. 25 choice travel narratives. The articles range from hitch-hiking in Cuba to tackling China's Wild West, negotiating waters of the Nile to those of the Pacific Rim. Many first published in the New Yorker, Times, National Geographic, Washington Post, and The Atlantic Monthly, to name a few.
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- Title
- THE BEST AMERICAN TRAVEL WRITING : 2000, Inaugural Editon
- Author
- Bryson, Bill (Editor); & Wilson, Jason (Series Editor)
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA
- Publication year
- 2000
- Condition
- COLLECTIBLE - NEW
- Dust jacket
- None as Issued
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0618074678
- ISBN 13
- 9780618074679
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Seller catalogs
- Anthology, Travel, Travelogue,Tour Guides
This first collection of THE BEST AMERICAN TRAVEL WRITING reads like a good novel. Best-selling author Bill Bryson and series editor Jason Wilson have put together a book that will surprise knowledgeable travelers and entrance newcomers with the glories of new worlds. Articles by such well-loved writers as Bill Buford and Ryszard Kapuscinski are included, as are those by exciting new voices. Ranging across myriad landscapes, from Central Park in New York City to the Ouadane oasis in Saharan Mauritania, THE BEST AMERICAN TRAVEL WRITING 2000 showcases the diversity and creative power of travel writing today.
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About the Author
JASON WILSON, series editor, is the author of Godforsaken Grapes, Boozehound, and The Cider Revival. He is the creator of the newsletter and podcast Everyday Drinking. Wilson has been the series editor of The Best American Travel Writing since its inception in 2000. His work can be found at jasonwilson.com.
BILL BRYSON is the best-selling author of A Walk in the Woods, A Short History of Nearly Everything and numerous other books.
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