Worth the Detour
Subtitle: A History of the Guide Book
Publisher: Sutton Publishing; The History Press; Sutton Pub.
Published: November 25, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780750943932
Subjects: Classic travel writing; Literary studies: general; Description And Travel; History Of Books And Printing; Travel; History - General History; Books & Reading; General; World - General; History / General; Essays & Travelogues
Description: An entertaining history of guidebooks from medieval to modern times - how they have made the world safe to explore and supplied a list of things to do, see and eat in far-flung places. But are we really seeing these places, or only guidebook versions of them?