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The English Teacher Looks at Great Travel Writing: 2024 Updated Edition

The Pandemic has receded and Our intrepid Maverick English Teacher has now retired, so he has decided to revisit great travel writing with an eye for actually going somewhere while he still can. Travel writing remains 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. Also, for this list, the compiler has included classics from ancient and medieval times. Finally, whatever else "Marco Polo" may be notwithstanding, it meets all the requirements of great travel writing.
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Annapurna (Maurice Herzog)
Annapurna (Maurice Herzog)
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Around the World in Eighty Days (Palin)
Around the World in Eighty Days (Palin)
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Balkan Ghosts (Robert Kaplan)
Balkan Ghosts (Robert Kaplan)
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Blue Highways (William Least Heat-Moon)
Blue Highways (William Least Heat-Moon)
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Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before (Tony Horwitz)
Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before (Tony Horwitz)
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The Book of Margery Kempe
The Book of Margery Kempe
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Cape Cod (Henry David Thoreau)
Cape Cod (Henry David Thoreau)
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Christ Stopped at Eboli (Carlo Levi)
Christ Stopped at Eboli (Carlo Levi)
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Dancing in the No-Fly Zone (Hadani Ditmars)
Dancing in the No-Fly Zone (Hadani Ditmars)
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Danube: A Sentimental Journey From the Source to the Black Sea (Claudio Magris)
Danube: A Sentimental Journey From the Source to the Black Sea (Claudio Magris)
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Danziger's Britain (Nick Danziger)
Danziger's Britain (Nick Danziger)
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Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers (Nick Danziger)
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers (Nick Danziger)
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Dark Star Safari (Paul Theroux)
Dark Star Safari (Paul Theroux)
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Down and Out in Paris and London (George Orwell)
Down and Out in Paris and London (George Orwell)
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The Geography of Bliss (Eric Weiner)
The Geography of Bliss (Eric Weiner)
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Ghosts of Spain: Travels Through Spain and Its Silent Past (Giles Tremlett)
Ghosts of Spain: Travels Through Spain and Its Silent Past (Giles Tremlett)
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Gipsy Moth Circles the World (Francis Chichester)
Gipsy Moth Circles the World (Francis Chichester)
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A Goddess in the Stones (Norman Lewis)
A Goddess in the Stones (Norman Lewis)
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The Happy Isles of Oceania (Paul Theroux)
The Happy Isles of Oceania (Paul Theroux)
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Heart of Darkness and the Congo Diary (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness and the Congo Diary (Joseph Conrad)
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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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Holidays in Hell, P.J. O'Rourke
Holidays in Hell, P.J. O'Rourke
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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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The Journey Through Wales (Gerald of Wales)
The Journey Through Wales (Gerald of Wales)
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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (Samuel Johnson & James Boswell)
A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (Samuel Johnson & James Boswell)
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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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Kon-Tiki (Thor Heyerdahl)
Kon-Tiki (Thor Heyerdahl)
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A Land Gone Lonesome (Dan O'Neill)
A Land Gone Lonesome (Dan O'Neill)
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Landscapes of War (Juan Goytisolo)
Landscapes of War (Juan Goytisolo)
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Last Places (Lawrence Millman)
Last Places (Lawrence Millman)
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The Lawless Roads (Graham Greene)
The Lawless Roads (Graham Greene)
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Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (Dayton Duncan)
Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (Dayton Duncan)
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The Longest Road (Phillip Caputo)
The Longest Road (Phillip Caputo)
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