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Author:

Schmidt, Shannon McKenna, 1971-

Title:

Novel destinations : literary landmarks from Jane Austen's Bath to Ernest Hemingway's Key West / Shannon McKenna Schmidt & Joni Rendon ; foreword by Matthew Pearl.

Publisher:

National Geographic,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

x, 357 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Literary landmarks--United States--Guidebooks.
Literary landmarks--Great Britain--Guidebooks.
Authors, American--Homes and haunts--United States--Guidebooks.
Authors, English--Homes and haunts--Great Britain--Guidebooks.
United States--Intellectual life--Guidebooks.
Great Britain--Intellectual life--Guidebooks.
Literary landmarks--United States--Guidebooks.
Literary landmarks--Great Britain--Guidebooks.
American authors--Homes--United States--Guidebooks.
English authors--Homes--Great Britain--Guidebooks.
United States--Intellectual life--Guidebooks.
Great Britain--Intellectual life--Guidebooks.

Other Authors:

Rendon, Joni, 1972-

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Read 'em and see: author houses and museums -- Novel dispatches: writers at home and abroad -- Literary festivals, tours, and more -- Booked up: literary places to drink, dine, and doze -- Journeys between the pages -- Bath, England -- London, England -- Paris, France -- Dublin, Ireland -- Prague, Czech Republic -- Concord Massachusetts -- Salem, Massachusetts -- Key West, Florida -- Monroeville, Alabama -- Monterey and Salinas, California.

Summary:

Profiles places to visit which were either significant to the lives of authors, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edith Wharton, Jane Austen, and others, or featured in one of their works.

ISBN:

9781426202773
1426202776
1426202776 (trade)
9781426202773 (trade)

LCCN:

2008000295

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

NKPD993 -- Eagle Grove Memorial Library (Eagle Grove)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)