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The English Teacher Looks at Great Travel Writing: 2024 Updated Edition - Page 2

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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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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Marco Polo (Lauerence Bergreen)
Marco Polo (Lauerence Bergreen)
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Meditations From the Breakdown Lane (Shapiro)
Meditations From the Breakdown Lane (Shapiro)
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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 Big Country (Bill Bryson)
Notes From a Big Country (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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The Ra Expeditions (Thor Heyerdahl)
The Ra Expeditions (Thor Heyerdahl)
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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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The Silk Road Journey With Xuanzang (Sally Wriggins)
The Silk Road Journey With Xuanzang (Sally Wriggins)
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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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A Tramp Abroad (Mark Twain)
A Tramp Abroad (Mark Twain)
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Travels With Charley (John Steinbeck)
Travels With Charley (John Steinbeck)
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Travels With a Donkey in the Cévennes (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Travels With a Donkey in the Cévennes (Robert Louis Stevenson)
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Ulysses Found (Bradford)
Ulysses Found (Bradford)
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A Walk Across America
A Walk Across America
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A Walk in the Woods
A Walk in the Woods
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A Walk to the Pole: To the Heart of Antarctica in the Footsteps of Scott (Roger Mear)
A Walk to the Pole: To the Heart of Antarctica in the Footsteps of Scott (Roger Mear)
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The Walk West: A Walk Across America 2 (Peter Jenkins)
The Walk West: A Walk Across America 2 (Peter Jenkins)
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Walking the Bible (Bruce Feiler)
Walking the Bible (Bruce Feiler)
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Wanderer (Sterling Hayden)
Wanderer (Sterling Hayden)
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A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg (Tim Cahill)
A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg (Tim Cahill)
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The Worst Journey in the World
The Worst Journey in the World
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A Year in Provence
A Year in Provence
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