Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail turned out to be a much better buy at the Denver Public Library used book sale than the Theroux sadness I recently read. Granted it was only a dollar as well, but what a great find, or gift rather. And that gift […]
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The Old Patagonian Express
About a month ago I stopped at the Denver Public Library’s used book sale and instantly made for the travel section. I didn’t expect to find much more than some old travel guides, but was pleasantly surprised when I started going through the tables covered in books. I grabbed my fair share of old travel […]
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid is a fantastic memoir of what life was like growing up in Des Moines, Iowa in the 1950s for Bill Bryson. And as far as I’m concerned, despite a 30 year difference, it’s not much different than what it was like growing up for me just a […]
Long Way Down
Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman’s Long Way Down was just every bit as good as their first trip by motorcycle, Long Way Round, which took them on an adventure around the world. On this trip, much like going from London to New York, the duo went from the northernmost point in Scotland to the southernmost […]
Long Way Round
It’s a bit delayed since it’s publishing in 2004, but I just finished reading Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across the World by actors Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman. I had heard about the book a while ago, but had never picked it up until I heard about them publishing the next one, Long Way […]
Matsuo Basho by Flashlight
How does one review travel writings and poems that were written in the late 1600s? Well, truthfully, you don’t. They’ve successfully shown the test of time and demonstrated why they are considered to be classics. The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by Matsuo Bashoreally is a prototype for top notch […]
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