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Best Travel Writing 2009

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

I’ll be honest, the first few stories in this collection didn’t draw me in and I was actually just about to give up on the book, but I found Jeff Greenwald’s Mother, India to be a treat. Not only were the descriptions of travel in India great, but the way he relayed both his experiences [...]

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The Story of Mount Desert Island by Samuel Eliot Morison

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

I was lucky enough to get away for a long weekend in Bar Harbor and Acadia, Maine recently, and while I was there I enjoyed a book fitting of the surroundings: The Story of Mount Desert Island by Samuel Eliot Morison. I have visited Mount Desert a few times and been intrigued by the history [...]

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