The Best American Travel Writing

Name: The Best American Travel Writing
Brand: Houghton Mifflin
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By Jamaica Kincaid

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The Best American series has been the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction since 1915. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of periodicals. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the very best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected--and most popular--of its kind. The Best American Travel Writing 2005 includes William Least-Heat Moon • Ian Frazier • John McPhee • William T. Vollmann • Simon Winchester • Tom Bissell • Madison Smartt Bell • Timothy Bascom • Pam Houston • and others Jamaica Kincaid, guest editor, is the author of numerous award-winning works, including the memoirs My Brother and The Autobiography of My Mother and the novel Annie John. Her travelogue Among Flowers: A Walk in the Himalayas appeared in 2005. She lives in Vermont with her two children and a garden, in which she travels a great deal.

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 402
Release Date:: 2005-10-05
Publication Date:: 2005-10-01
Publisher:: Houghton Mifflin
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 061836952X
ISBN13:: 9780618369522
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 565 g
Height:: 14 cm
Width:: 21.6 cm
Thickness:: 2.4 cm

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