Literature
The Great American Road Trip Destination: Mississippi Author: William Faulkner THE CORN SHUCKER’S COUNTRY A Guest Post by Paul William Kaser To understand the world you must first understand a place like Mississippi. William Faulkner Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha (the name is borrowed from a real stream in Layfette County, Mississippi), is a fictional county that may [...]
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For Jane Austin’s birthday, we talk to Mother and daughter Jane Rubino and Caitlen Rubino-Bradway about their book Lady Vernon.
France on Friday Destination: France Books: As They Were and Long Ago In France by M. F. K. Fisher I could list many more books by Fisher above, but these two just happen to be on hand at the moment. One summer a long time ago we were spending some lazy time on the beach [...]
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The 2nd book to be given away (announcement of winner on August 18):
Destinations: Spain and France Book: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway Happy Birthday Ernie! Ernest Hemingway was born 110 years ago on July 21. It seems appropriate to celebrate by talking about his first break-through novel,which turns out to be a pretty good travel book. From dissipated ennui in Paris to dissipated blood [...]
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A Traveler’s Library, is after all about Travel AND Books, so some of the sites listed on my blogroll have to do with books–books about everything–not just travel. For those interested in books and the publishing business, here are three sites. ABE (American Book Exchange) stocks all those out-of-print, used, and collector’s editions books that [...]
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Yesterday A Traveler’s Library hit one of those landmark days, and I was not even here to celebrate. (I’m in New Orleans ensconced in my favorite hotel, Hotel Monteleone.) Ta-Da–100 Posts! Somehow, it seems appropriate, though, that I had a guest post on India here yesterday, because it is symbolic of the ways this blog [...]
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Destination: Rome Books: The Masters of Rome Series by Collen McCullough It seems to me that is essential to have some understanding of ancient Rome if you are going to travel to today’s Rome. All those piles of rock and bits of arches in the forum, with the magnificent hulk of the Coliseum watching over [...]
