The Armchair Traveler Author:John Thorn (Editor), David Reuther (Editor) Gathers travel writings by Margaret Atwood, Peter Benchley, Heinrich Boll, Bruce Chatwin, Gerald Durrell, Graham Greene, Peter Matthiessen, John McPhee, and Paul Theroux. — England: A field guide / Margaret Atwood -- — New York gastronomy / Cecil Beaton -- — The Normandie / Ludwig Bemelmans -- — Fair skies for the Cayman Islands / Peter Benchley --
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An Irish pilgrimage / Heinrich Boll --
Hotel du Lac / Anita Brookner --
World-class attractions / Tim Cahill --
English as she is spoke / Pedro Carolino --
In Patagonia / Bruce Chatwin --
The last great traveler / Evan Connell --
Why do the wrong people travel? / Noel Coward --
Hill stations of the Raj / Anita Desai --
Baedeker and his guide books / Edwin Asa Dix --
The philosophy of the Blue Grotto / Norman Douglas --
Maiden voyage / Gerald Durrell --
The Magic Carpet Beano / Michael Frayn --
Traveling America with a sense of history / Otto Freidrich --
From exploration to travel to tourism / Paul Fussell --
Customs with my aunt / Graham Greene --
The enchanted temple / Richard Halliburton --
The Forbidden city / Heinrich Harrer --
My visit to Niagara / Nathaniel Hawthorne --
No exit / Joseph Hone --
"You can't beat a sea trip" / Jerome K. Jerome --
The story of the four children who went round the world / Edward Lear --
Nameless, Tennessee / William Least Heat Moon --
Benghazi by candlelight / Beryl Markham --
Manyara / Peter Matthiessen --
The only way to cross / John Maxtone-Graham --
Venice observed / Mary McCarthy --
Top of the world / Joe McGinniss --
But where's the park, Papa? / Patric F. McManus --
A guide to Fielding's Europe / John McPhee --
Pictures from the water trade / John David Morley --
Very strange feeling: a Chinese journey / Jan Morris --
In and out of a pyramid / Eric Newby --
At Ipsamboul / Florence Nightingale --
Into the heart of Borneo / Redmond O'Hanlon --
The river / Jonathan Raban --
The wall / Philip Roth --
A bookworm's holiday in Wales / Israel Shenker --
Getting the lay of the land --
from the air / Walter Sullivan --
The train to Mallaig / Paul Theroux --
Where nights are longest / Colin Thubron --
Roughing it in Paradise / Mark Twain --
Pompeian dances / Evelyn Waugh --
Discovering Belize / Donald E. Westlake and Abby Adams --