travel

The author, a young Vietnamese-American man, shares the story of his solo bicycle journey around the Pacific Rim to Vietnam, and discusses his search for cultural identity in the Vietnam of his childhood.

Excerpts from his personal diaries help chronicle Robert Cushman Murphy's experiences aboard one of the last Yankee whaleships out of New Bedford, on a voyage to the Antarctic in 1912.

A fictionalized account of Hemingway's final African safari in which Hemingway's close friend leaves him in charge of the safari camp on the day a hostile tribe threatens to attack.

A travelogue written at the end of the nineteenth century by American author Mark Twain in which he describes his experiences sailing around the world via steamship on a lecture tour.

Story of what William Zinsser found on an 18-month journey to 15 of America's most cherished sites.

A historical account of the story behind the writing of the Gettysburg Address.

Chronicles a desert trip to "mysterious Timbuktu" and then "beyond the beyond," to the distant salt mines of Taoudeni, one of the most remote locations on Earth. Raskin confronts danger and harsh elements, but is able to thoroughly immerse himself in the ancient and fascinating traditions of desert culture.