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Profiles places to visit which were either significant to the lives of authors, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edith Wharton, Jane Austen, and others, or featured in one of their works.

Explores how the atmosphere and people of Paris lead to the development of modern art at the beginning of the twentieth century and profiles influential artists and writers of the era.

A practical travel guide to the United Kingdom that focuses on the cities, sites, and regions where classic children's stories are set, including "Peter Rabbit", "Alice in Wonderland", and "The Secret Garden".

Draws from poet Emily Dickinson's writings to determine the flowers she loved and grew at her home in Amherst, Massachusetts, and explains how to create one's own Emily Dickinson garden, covering design and planning, plant sources, and growing tips.

Presents an historical and literary analysis of the city of New York and the many writers whose work was influenced by it including Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, and T.S. Eliot.

Offers a revealing look at the tumultuous, often scandalous lives of five of the greatest authors in nineteenth-century American literature.

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

A true story of the lifelong friendship between award-winning journalist Bob Greene and his best friend Jack Roth who died of cancer at age fifty-seven.

Presents the author's first-hand account of growing up in Mooreland, Indiana in the 1960s and 1970s, remembering her eventful family life and championing her mother's accomplishments with fondness.

Discusses London locations that have inspired or been home to such authors as Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf, Ernest Hemingway, and Salman Rushdie, arranged period by period from the Norman Conquest through the end of the twentieth century, and provides addresses and brief descriptions of approximately ninety places to visit.