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The English Teacher Looks at Great Travel Writing for This 2020 Summer of COVID-19

Our intrepid Maverick English Teacher, who, like so many others, is unable to travel anywhere this summer, looks at some of the best travel writing out there. Travel writing is a somewhat amorphous concept, but for the purposes of this list, it should be fact-inspired narratives focusing on journeying to places other than one's home and what is experienced, both inwardly and outwardly, while doing so. Consequently, Travel guides are excluded. Fiction is a knottier problem; how much of either the Steinbeck or the Kerouac is the product of the author 's imagination is impossible to know. The compiler decided to err on the side of inclusion. Finally, whatever else "Into Thin Air" may be notwithstanding, it meets all the requirements of great travel writing.
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Around the World in Eighty Days (Palin)
Around the World in Eighty Days (Palin)
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Blue Highways (William Least Heat-Moon)
Blue Highways (William Least Heat-Moon)
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Cape Cod (Henry David Thoreau)
Cape Cod (Henry David Thoreau)
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Gipsy Moth Circles the World (Francis Chichester)
Gipsy Moth Circles the World (Francis Chichester)
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The Happy Isles of Oceania (Paul Theroux)
The Happy Isles of Oceania (Paul Theroux)
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Here, There, Elsewhere (William Least Heat-Moon)
Here, There, Elsewhere (William Least Heat-Moon)
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Hold the Enlightenment (Tim Cahill)
Hold the Enlightenment (Tim Cahill)
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I'm a Stranger Here Myself (Bill Bryson)
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (Bill Bryson)
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In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great (Michael Woods)
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great (Michael Woods)
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In the Shadows of the Morning (Caputo)
In the Shadows of the Morning (Caputo)
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In a Sunburned Country (Bill Bryson)
In a Sunburned Country (Bill Bryson)
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Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer)
Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer)
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Jaguars Ripped My Flesh (Tim Cahill)
Jaguars Ripped My Flesh (Tim Cahill)
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Journey Without Maps by Graham Greene
Journey Without Maps by Graham Greene
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The Kingdom by the Sea (Paul Theroux)
The Kingdom by the Sea (Paul Theroux)
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The Lawless Roads (Graham Greene)
The Lawless Roads (Graham Greene)
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The Longest Road (Phillip Caputo)
The Longest Road (Phillip Caputo)
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The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America (Bill Bryson)
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America (Bill Bryson)
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Lost in My Own Backyard (Tim Cahill)
Lost in My Own Backyard (Tim Cahill)
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Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure (Michael Palin)
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure (Michael Palin)
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My Twenty-Five Years in Provence (Mayle)
My Twenty-Five Years in Provence (Mayle)
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Neither Here, nor There (Bill Bryson)
Neither Here, nor There (Bill Bryson)
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Notes From a Small Island (Bill Bryson)
Notes From a Small Island (Bill Bryson)
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Nothing Happened and Then It Did (Jake Silverstein)
Nothing Happened and Then It Did (Jake Silverstein)
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The Old Patagonian Express
The Old Patagonian Express
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On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
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Once Is Enough (Smeeton)
Once Is Enough (Smeeton)
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Pass the Butterworms (Tim Cahill)
Pass the Butterworms (Tim Cahill)
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Pecked to Death by Ducks (Tim Cahill)
Pecked to Death by Ducks (Tim Cahill)
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Pieces of Land (Kevin Crossley-Holland)
Pieces of Land (Kevin Crossley-Holland)
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The Pillars of Hercules
The Pillars of Hercules
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Pole to Pole (Michael Palin)
Pole to Pole (Michael Palin)
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River-Horse (Heat-Moon, William Least)
River-Horse (Heat-Moon, William Least)
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Road Fever (Tim Cahill)
Road Fever (Tim Cahill)
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The Road to Little Dribbling (Bill Bryson)
The Road to Little Dribbling (Bill Bryson)
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Road to Quoz: An American Mosey (William Least Heat-Moon)
Road to Quoz: An American Mosey (William Least Heat-Moon)
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Sailing Alone Around the World (Joshua Slocum)
Sailing Alone Around the World (Joshua Slocum)
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Sunrise With Seamonsters (Paul Theroux)
Sunrise With Seamonsters (Paul Theroux)
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To the Ends of the Earth (Paul Theroux)
To the Ends of the Earth (Paul Theroux)
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Travels With Charley (John Steinbeck)
Travels With Charley (John Steinbeck)
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