| An American Traveler: True Tales of Adventure, Travel, and Sport | 
 enlarge | Author: Randy Wayne White
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (2 reviews)
Sales Rank: 441253
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.7 x 0.7
ISBN: 1592286453
Dewey Decimal Number: 910
EAN: 9781592286454
ASIN: 1592286453
Publication Date: July 1, 2005
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Product Description
A scintillating new collection from one of America's premier travel writers.
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Growing pleasure July 20, 2005
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Have you got five minutes? Spend the time, read one story a day. You will look foward each day to something different. A talented writer gives us a unique twist on... something. As much as I enjoy Doc Ford, I really enjoy the non-fiction. I'll work my way thru the rest.
Another side of White... March 7, 2005
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Randy Wayne White is my favorite mystery writer, but I had never read any of his non-fiction until I found, by accident, a cheap used copy of his earlier "Batfishing in the Rainforest". Generally I don't like travel books, but I gave this one a try and was immediately hooked. I've since ordered new copies of all the others.
His latest offering is "An American Traveler", a collection of off-beat tales from exotic locales with the author as protagonist. Middle age and literature are explored. An account of an impromptu pilgrimage to find the late, great John D. MacDonald was the highlight of the book for me. White writes with an easy, self-deprecating humor that brings the place and action to life. He lives life fully and makes the reader want to do the same. Reading these tales, it's easy to see why his Doc Ford novels are so authoritatively written. White writes what he knows.
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