travel

Records the author's travels on the back roads of America in the spring of 1978, detailing underestimated pleasures, simple lives, and the appreciation of a continuity with the past.

Presents the author's observations, based on three journeys to the woods of Maine, describing his encounters with loggers, Native Americans, and wild animals, as well as his reflections on the natural surroundings.

Jeffrey Tayler chronicles his 2,400-mile journey down the Lena River in a custom-built boat, describing the people, sites, beauty, and violence he encountered along the way.

Contains the memoirs of the author as he traveled across the American West and down to Hawaii and along the way he encounters Mormons, the desperadoes of the Great Plains, and the native Hawaiian peoples.

Provides an account of the voyage undertaken by polar explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew aboard the Endurance in 1914-15, telling how the men survived after their ship became locked inside an island of ice and drifted for ten months before being crushed.

Aimee Major Steinberger uses illustrations and short journal entries to chronicle her vacation in Japan, describing the people, restaurants, shops, hotels, and historical sites she saw and her impressions of the country and its culture.

Poet W.S. Merwin chronicles his life in Europe in the years before he won the Yale Younger Poets Award in 1952.

An account of life on the Mississippi in the old steamboat days and Twain's experiences as a pilot.