| Subject: Books by Travel Writers |
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Thanks for all the good suggestions -- keep them coming!! I'm putting
all I haven't read on my to read list--think I have already read everything
of Bryson, Mayes, and Mayle (I keep hoping they will write more.) Going
through my bookshelves, I found some more gems to recommend:
The Norton Book of Travel, edited by Paul Fussell (an anthology of travel
writing through the centuries, starting with Herodotus in
480 B.C.)
and then some Britain-focused writers (I am an unabashed Anglophile and
know that anyone else who loves all things British will be charmed by
these books:
My Love Affair with England and
England As You Like It, both by Susan Allen Toth
A Walk Around the Lakes, by Hunter Davies The Road to Mingulay, A View of the Western Isles, by Derek Cooper (If I had to name my most memorable island trip, it would probably be the day I spent on the now uninhabited island of Mingulay, getting there via a small open fishing boat from Barra). It's a good thing Bill, my husband, is as much an Anglophile as I am--makes deciding where we are going to go at least once a year real easy! Looking forward to more of your reading recommendations, Cheers, Pat in Baltimore |