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Title:

The best American travel writing. 2015 / edited and with an introduction by Andrew McCarthy ; Jason Wilson, series editor.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xix, 360 pages ; 21 cm.

Other Authors:

McCarthy, Andrew, 1962- writer of supplementary textual content. writer of supplementary textual content.
Wilson, Jason, 1974- writer of supplementary textual content. writer of supplementary textual content.

Notes:

"A Mariner original." Reprinted from various periodicals.

Contents:

The soul of the south / Paul Theroux. Lawrence's Arabia / Scott Anderson -- 21st Century Limited / Kevin Baker -- Land of the lost / Stephen Connely Benz -- Today is better than tomorrow / Benjamin Busch -- The happiness metric / Madeline Drexler -- Ashes to ashes / David Farley -- Daughters of the springs / Lauren Groff -- Tales of the trash / Peter Hessler -- Hail Dayton / Rachael Maddux -- A tale of a tub / Patricia Marx -- The great pleasure project / Tim Neville -- A doubter in the Holy Land / Maud Newton -- My Timbuktu / Adriana Páramo -- Berlin nights / Nick Paumgarten -- Made in China / Tony Perrottet -- Mr. Nhem's Genocide Camera / Lauren Quinn -- Camino Real / Monte Reel -- Out of Eden Walk / Paul Salopek -- Behind closed doors at hotels / Gary Shteyngart -- Ship of wonks / Iris Smyles -- Baked Alaska / Christopher Solomon -- Bonfire of the humanities / Patrick Symmes -- The soul of the south / Paul Theroux.

Series:

The best American series

ISBN:

0544569644
9780544569645

OCLC:

(OCoLC)922687833

Locations:

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)