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The best American travel writing.

Title
The best American travel writing. 2014 / edited and with an introduction by Paul Theroux.
Publication
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.

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Additional Authors
  • Theroux, Paul
  • Batuman, Elif, 1997-
  • Cooke, Julie.
  • Corbett, Sara.
  • Di Giovanni, Janine, 1961-
  • Gill, A. A., 1954-2016.
  • Grunberg, Arnon.
  • Key, Harrison Scott.
  • LaSalle, Peter.
  • Lindhout, Amanda.
  • McCarthy, Andrew, 1962-
  • Paterniti, Michael.
  • Pearson, Stephanie.
  • Perrottet, Tony.
  • Power, Matthew.
  • Rinella, Steven.
  • Sedaris, David.
  • Selgin, Peter.
  • Shacochis, Bob.
  • Shoumatoff, Alex.
  • Shteyngart, Gary, 1972-
  • Swick, Thomas.
  • Symmes, Patrick, 1964-
  • Tayler, Jeffrey.
  • Whitehead, Colson, 1969-
  • Wilsey, Sean.
Description
xxiv, 308 pages; 21 cm.
Summary
Presents an anthology of the best travel writing published in 2014, selected from magazines, newspapers, and web sites.
Series Statement
The best American series, 1530-1516
Uniform Title
Best American series.
Subjects
Note
  • "A Mariner original."
Contents
Poisoned land / Elif Batuman -- Amigos / Julie Cookie -- Life during wartime / Janine Di Giovanni -- American the marvelous / A.A. Gill -- Christmas in Thessaloniki / Arnon Grunberg -- Fifty shades of greyhounds / Harrison Scott Key -- Au train de vie: that voice you hear when traveling / Peter LaSalle -- 460 days / Amanda Lindhout with Sara Corbett -- Clear-eyed in Calcutta / Andrew McCarthy -- This must be the place / Michael Paterniti -- Love in the time of coca / Stephanie Pearson -- Birthplace of the American vacation / Tony Perrottet -- Excuse us while we kiss the sky / Matthew Power -- Dream acres / Steven Rinella -- Now we are five / David Sedaris -- My New York: a romance in eight parts / Peter Selgin -- Sun king / Bob Shacochis -- The last of Eden / Alex Shoumatoff -- Maximum Bombay / Gary Shteyngart -- A moving experience / Thomas Swick -- Born on the 9th of July / Peter Symmes -- In the abode of the gods / Jeffrey Tayler -- Loving Las Vegas / Colson Whitehead -- Open water / Sean Wilsey.
Call Number
JFD 14-5774
ISBN
  • 9780544330153
  • 0544330153
OCLC
867078253
Title
The best American travel writing. 2014 / edited and with an introduction by Paul Theroux.
Publisher
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
The best American series, 1530-1516
Best American series.
Added Author
Theroux, Paul, editor.
Batuman, Elif, 1997-
Cooke, Julie.
Corbett, Sara.
Di Giovanni, Janine, 1961-
Gill, A. A., 1954-2016.
Grunberg, Arnon.
Key, Harrison Scott.
LaSalle, Peter.
Lindhout, Amanda.
McCarthy, Andrew, 1962-
Paterniti, Michael.
Pearson, Stephanie.
Perrottet, Tony.
Power, Matthew.
Rinella, Steven.
Sedaris, David.
Selgin, Peter.
Shacochis, Bob.
Shoumatoff, Alex.
Shteyngart, Gary, 1972-
Swick, Thomas.
Symmes, Patrick, 1964-
Tayler, Jeffrey.
Whitehead, Colson, 1969-
Wilsey, Sean.
Research Call Number
JFD 14-5774
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