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The Best American Travel Writing Paperback / softback - 2012 - 1st Edition
by Jason Wilson
- New
- Paperback
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Details
- Title The Best American Travel Writing
- Author Jason Wilson
- Binding Paperback / softback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition New
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books, U.S.A.
- Date 2012-10-02
- Features Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # B9780547808970
- ISBN 9780547808970 / 0547808976
- Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Dimensions 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.7 in (20.57 x 13.72 x 1.78 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Travel writing, Travelers' writings, American
- Dewey Decimal Code 910.4
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Summary
First, Best, and Best-Selling
The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected — and most popular — of its kind.
The Best American Travel Writing 2012 includes
Bryan Curtis, Lynn Freed, J. Malcolm Garcia, Peter Gwin,
Pico Iyer, Mark Jenkins, Dimiter Kenarov, Robin Kirk,
Kimberly Meyer, Paul Theroux, and others
From the rear cover
First, Best, and Best-Selling
The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected and most popular of its kind.
The Best American Travel Writing 2012 includes
Bryan Curtis, Lynn Freed, J. Malcolm Garcia, Peter Gwin,
Pico Iyer, Mark Jenkins, Dimiter Kenarov, Robin Kirk,
Kimberly Meyer, Paul Theroux, and others
[INSERT AUTHOR PHOTO] WILLIAM T. VOLLMANN, editor, is the author of nine novels, including Europe Central, winner of the National Book Award. He has also written three collections of stories, a memoir, and six works of nonfiction, including Rising Up and Rising Down, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He is the recipient of a Whiting Writers Award, the PEN Center USA West Award, and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Look for the other best-selling titles in the Best American series:
THE BEST AMERICAN COMICS
THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS
THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES
THE BEST AMERICAN NONREQUIRED READING
THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING
THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES
THE BEST AMERICAN SPORTS WRITING
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Citations
- Booklist, 09/15/2012, Page 19
- Kirkus Reviews, 09/15/2012, Page 0
- New York Times Book Review, 12/02/2012, Page 41
- Publishers Weekly, 10/29/2012, Page 0