The Traveler's reading guide : ready-made reading lists for the armchair traveler / Maggy Simony, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Simony, Maggy, 1920-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Travel--Bibliography.

Travel.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Physical Description:

xv, 510 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Facts On File, 1993.

Summary:

Whether you're trekking off to Vermont for the weekend or flying to Japan on a business trip, The Traveler's Reading Guide is the ideal reference for those who want to experience the full flavor of their destination. Conveniently organized by region (Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the Pacific and Oceania, Europe, Latin America and North America), the completely revised and updated edition of The Traveler's Reading Guide offers thousands of new and useful reading suggestions for the would-be traveler. Each section provides lists under the following subject headings: series guidebooks, background readings, guidebooks, history, and novels. Bibliographic citations contain author, title, publisher, year of publication, concise description of content, relevant excerpts from reviews, and suggestions for further reading by the same author. The book also features several valuable appendixes, including a reading list about travel literature, collections of travel writings, a list of authors of novels with English settings and a complete index of authors. A boon to the traveler and a must for libraries, The Traveler's Reading Guide is certain to make any trip more enjoyable...even if one is traveling only by armchair.

Notes:

"Completely revised and updated."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0816026483

OCLC:

25409399