| The Traveling Curmudgeon: Irreverent Notes, Quotes, and Anecdotes on Dismal Destinations, Excess Baggage, the Full Upright Position, and Other Reasons Not to Go There - Irreverent Notes, Quotes, and Anecdotes on Dismal Destinations, Excess Baggage, the Full Upright Position, and Other R
(2003)
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| Front Cover |
Book Details |
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| Genre |
Humor |
| Publication Date |
September 2003 |
| Format |
Hardcover (166
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147
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| Publisher |
Sasquatch Books |
| Language |
English |
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| Plot |
| On the theory that an account of a pleasant journey is best not thrust upon friends and strangers, that a disaster makes for a more entertaining story, here is a gathering of quotes, commentary, and anecdotes about the travails of travel, the downright strangeness of foreign places, and rueful encounters on the road. Abetted by a parade of well-known curmudgeons that include George Bernard Shaw, Molly Ivins, Marco Polo, Carl Sandburg, and Bill Bryson, best-selling author Jon Winokur offers a thousand reasons not to go there. The Traveling Curmudgeon proves that travel and all things related to going from here to there - destinations, the locals, the tourists, the food, the accommodations, and, oh my god, the souvenirs we drag home - are all grist for a very entertaining mill. Lively illustrations accompany this comic cautionary. |
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| Product Details |
| ISBN |
1570613893 |
| Cover Price |
$16.95 |
| Nr of Pages |
192 |
| First Edition |
No |
| Rare |
No |
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