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The Armchair Adventurer Booklist

My idiosyncratic list of armchair travel and adventure. A great travel memoir or novel can transport you to anyplace on earth and make you feel the biting cold of the polar caps and the sweaty claustrophobia of the rainforest.This list is the best of the books I have read and traveled with. Not all are travel books. There are some history and political science books on the list as well.
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All the Wild That Remains: Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner and the American West (David Gessner)
All the Wild That Remains: Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner and the American West (David Gessner)
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An Empire Wilderness: Traveling Into America's Future (Robert Kaplan)
An Empire Wilderness: Traveling Into America's Future (Robert Kaplan)
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An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan (Jason Elliot)
An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan (Jason Elliot)
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Antarctica - Escape From Disaster (Peter Lerangis)
Antarctica - Escape From Disaster (Peter Lerangis)
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Antarctica - Journey to the Pole (Peter Lerangis)
Antarctica - Journey to the Pole (Peter Lerangis)
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Antarctic Navigation (Elizabeth Arthur)
Antarctic Navigation (Elizabeth Arthur)
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Arabian Sands
Arabian Sands
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The Arabists (Robert Kaplan)
The Arabists (Robert Kaplan)
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Arctic Dreams
Arctic Dreams
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The Armchair Mountaineer (David Reuther)
The Armchair Mountaineer (David Reuther)
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Attending Marvels: A Patagonian Journey (George Gaylord Simpson)
Attending Marvels: A Patagonian Journey (George Gaylord Simpson)
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Balkan Ghosts (Robert Kaplan)
Balkan Ghosts (Robert Kaplan)
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Behind the Mountain: Return to Tasmania (Peter Conrad)
Behind the Mountain: Return to Tasmania (Peter Conrad)
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Best Nightmare on Earth: A Life in Haiti (Herbert Gold)
Best Nightmare on Earth: A Life in Haiti (Herbert Gold)
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Beyond the 100th Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West (Wallace Stegner)
Beyond the 100th Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West (Wallace Stegner)
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The Birthday Boys (Beryl Bainbridge)
The Birthday Boys (Beryl Bainbridge)
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BLACK LAMB AND GREY FALCON by Rebecca West
BLACK LAMB AND GREY FALCON by Rebecca West
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Blue Highways
Blue Highways
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CADILLAC DESERT by Marc Reisner
CADILLAC DESERT by Marc Reisner
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Crossing Antarctica (Will Steger)
Crossing Antarctica (Will Steger)
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The Crossing of Antarctica (Vivian Fuchs & Edmund Hillary)
The Crossing of Antarctica (Vivian Fuchs & Edmund Hillary)
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Crossing Open Ground (Barry Lopez)
Crossing Open Ground (Barry Lopez)
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Desert Notes (Barry Lopez)
Desert Notes (Barry Lopez)
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Desert Solitaire (Edward Abbey)
Desert Solitaire (Edward Abbey)
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Disappearance: A Map; Meditation on Death and Loss in the High Latitudes (Sheila Nickerson)
Disappearance: A Map; Meditation on Death and Loss in the High Latitudes (Sheila Nickerson)
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The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico (Bernal Diaz Del Castillo)
The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico (Bernal Diaz Del Castillo)
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Eastern Approaches (Fitzroy MacLean)
Eastern Approaches (Fitzroy MacLean)
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End of the Earth: Voyaging to Antarctica (Peter Matthiessen)
End of the Earth: Voyaging to Antarctica (Peter Matthiessen)
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The Ends of the Earth: From Togo to Turkmenistan, From Iran to Cambodia; a Journey to the Frontiers (Robert Kaplan)
The Ends of the Earth: From Togo to Turkmenistan, From Iran to Cambodia; a Journey to the Frontiers (Robert Kaplan)
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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Alfred Lansing)
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Alfred Lansing)
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Exterminate All the Brutes
Exterminate All the Brutes
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Falling off the Map (Pico Iyer)
Falling off the Map (Pico Iyer)
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
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Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72
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Fellowship of Ghosts: A Journey Through the Mountains of Norway (Paul Watkins)
Fellowship of Ghosts: A Journey Through the Mountains of Norway (Paul Watkins)
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A Field Guide to Getting Lost
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
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The Fruit Hunters: Adventure, Commerce, Obsession (Adam Leith Gollner)
The Fruit Hunters: Adventure, Commerce, Obsession (Adam Leith Gollner)
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The Games Climbers Play (Ken Wilson)
The Games Climbers Play (Ken Wilson)
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The Great Railroad Bazaar: By Train Through Asia (Paul Theroux)
The Great Railroad Bazaar: By Train Through Asia (Paul Theroux)
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The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism by Tina Rosen
The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism by Tina Rosen
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