The best American travel writing 2006
By: edited and with an introduction by Tim Cahill ; Jason Wilson, series editor.
Contributors: Cahill, Tim.; Wilson, Jason.
Series: Best American series
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.; Houghton Mifflin
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9780618582150; 9780618582129
Subjects: Travel -- Periodicals -- Excerpts.; Travel writing.; Travelers' writings, American.; Short stories, American.
Genres: Excerpts.
Other titles: Travel writing 2006
Table of contents: title: A shared plate / Chitrita Banerji; title: The selling of the last savage / Michael Behar; title: How to sail across the Atlantic / Paul Bennett; title: After the fall / Tom Bissell and Morgan Meis; title: The discreet charm of the Zurich Bourgeoisie; title: Ain't it just grand? / Kevin Fedarko; title: The price of paradise / Caitlin Flanagan; title: Where they love Americans ... for a living / Sean Flynn; title: Out of Ohio / Ian Frazier; title: The parachute artist / Tad friend; title: Our lady of Lawson / Pico Iyer; title: A short walk in the Wakhan Corridor / Mark Jenkins; title: Naked Ambition / Heidi Julavits; title: Passing through / Yiyun Li; title: The mother load / P.J. O'Rourke; title: XXXXL / Michael Paterniti; title: The joy of steam / Tony Perrottet; title: Tantric sex for dilettantes / Rolf Potts; title: Rediscovering Libya / Kira Salak; title: The new mecca / George Saunders; title: Turbulence / David Sedaris; title: Airborne / Sally Shivnan; title: A St. Petersburg Christmas / Gary Shteyngart; title: Let's ski Korea / Christopher Solomon; title: A peaceful angle / Patrick Symmes; title: Speaking of soup / Calvin Trillin.