Book

An innocent abroad : life-changing trips from 35 great writers / edited by Don George.

1st edition.

Melbourne : Oakland : Lonely Planet Publications, 2014.

318 pages ; 20 cm

Including contributions from Dave Eggers, Pico Iyer, Richard Ford and Jane Smiley, more than 20 well-known writers share the travel experiences that shaped their personalities and changed their lives.

Voyages and travels -- Anecdotes.

Travel -- Anecdotes.

Travelers' writings.

Travel writing.

Authors -- Travel -- Anecdotes.

George, Donald W., editor.

Lonely Planet Publications (Firm), issuing body.

At head of title : Lonely Planet

Introduction / Don George -- Over the edge / Sloane Crosley -- The place I'll never forget / Tim Cahill -- The first time I had so many first times / Pico Iyer -- Innocence abroad / Jan Morris -- In the beginning there was Paris / David Downie -- The Paris tattoo / Ann Patchett -- Lies of passage, Zurich 1973 / Lloyd Jones -- Song / Dave Eggers -- In Swaziland / Alexander McCall Smith -- Innocents abroad / Richard Ford -- Two angels in Anatolia / Candace Rose Rardon -- A walk with a cave man / Jenna Scatena -- El Clavo / Amy Gigi Alexander -- Into the Puna / Virginia Abbott -- A walk on thin ice / Simon Winchester -- Lights out in Hanoi / Fiona Kidman -- Friends we've not yet met / Kerre McIvor -- Fiora's niche / John Berendt -- Mauve / Marina Lewycka -- Cabbage soup / Tony Wheeler -- Man to man / Jeff Greenwald -- The accidental eco-tourist / Mary Karr -- Horsing around France / Jane Smiley -- Reaching bliss / Suzanne Joinson -- Coming home / David Baldacci -- Summer at the Villa Juju / Anthony Sattin -- Saved by a camel / Amanda Jones -- Wonder train / Colleen Kinder -- Voice lessons / Anna Vodicka -- Stolen / Lavinia Spalding -- A face you'll never forget / Larry Habegger -- War story / Jim Benning -- Forty-five / Cheryl Strayed -- Rebirth in Rome / Stanley Stewart -- A strange place called home / Torre DeRoche.

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