Joys of Travel (eBook)

And Stories That Illuminate Them

Thomas Swick (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
151 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-63450-823-0 (ISBN)

Infos

The Joys of Travel: And Stories that Illuminate Them is a collection of Thomas Swicks personal essays on what he has identified as the seven joys of travel: anticipation, movement, break from routine, novelty, discovery, emotional connection and heightened appreciation of home.The Joys of Travel awakens readers to pleasures that, as travelers, they may be taking for granted. It also shows non-travelers what theyve been missing. It offers tips on how people can get the most out of their trips, as well as the titles of travel classics that will not only prepare them for the places they visit but make those places more meaningful once they get there. And it tells, through memories and stories, the tale of someone who has made a living writing about travel. In fact, the story of Thomas Swicks life as a traveler neatly parallels the examination of a journey from beginning to end.Before you next trip, be it a family vacation or a backpacking tour of Europe, read The Joys of Travel. It will inspire you to get the most out of your time away from home and to get away more often.

Autor

Thomas Swick is the author of the travel memoir Unquiet Days: At Home in Poland, and a collection of travel stories, A Way to See the World: From Texas to Transylvania with a Maverick Traveler. For nearly two decades, Swick was the travel editor of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has traveled to more than sixty countries, chronicling his experiences in work that has appeared in the American Scholar, North American Review, Oxford American, Missouri Review, Smithsonian, National Geographic Traveler, Afar, New York Times Book Review, and six editions of The Best American Travel Writing. He lives with his wife, Hania, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida..

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.5.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseberichte
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Schlagworte: 2016 • American Culture • american landscape • backroads • Batista • Bill Bryson • billionaires • Black Elk • Bloomberg • blue highways • brazilians • brazilian society • bryson spends • bryson's sense • bryson's wit • calendars travelog • car trips • Catullus • Chevette • Cross Country • cuadros • dark star safari • dead language • Deep South • de janeiro • des moines super rich • economic political • elk speaks • Experience • family vacations • Fast Food • fellow students • ford museum • ghost dancing • Hang-Gliding • heat moon • heat-moon • interstates • iowan • James Salter • k-mart • Language Studies • Latin language • learning latin • learn latin • Life • local people • loud funny • Macedo • Mackinac Island • Military Dictatorship • Motels • National parks • Native Americans • native country • New York Times • Osage • Paul Theroux • pokes fun • publishing world • reverse culture • Rio • river horse • Road Trips • Route 66 • Rural America • Sao Paulo • small-town america • South Dakota • steinbeck's travels • strip malls • studied latin • studying latin • study latin • super highways • super wealthy • tape recorder • The Great Railway Bazaar • the old patagonian express • theroux • time capsule • tourist traps • town america • town usa • Traveling • Travel Memoir • Travel writing • Walt Whitman
• ISBN-10: 1-63450-823-8 / 1634508238
• ISBN-13: 978-1-63450-823-0 / 9781634508230