In his introduction, guest editor Andrew McCarthy says that the best travel writing is "the anonymous and solitary traveler capturing a moment in time and place, giving meaning to his or her travels." The stories in
The Best American Travel Writing 2015 demonstrate just that spirit, whether it is the story of a marine returning to Iraq a decade after his deployment, a writer retracing the footsteps of humanity as it spread from Africa throughout the world, or looking for love on a physics-themed cruise down the Rhone River. No matter what the subject, the writers featured in this volume boldly call out, "Yes, this matters. Follow me!"
The Best American Travel Writing 2015 includes
Iris Smyles, Paul Theroux, Christopher Solomon
Patricia Marx, Kevin Baker, Benjamin Busch, Maud Newton
Gary Shteyngart, Paul Salopek,
and others ANDREW MCCARTHY, guest editor, is the author of the
New York Times best-selling travel memoir
The Longest Way Home. He has served as an editor at large at
National Geographic Traveler and been named travel journalist of the year by the Society of American Travel Writers. He is also an actor and director.
JASON WILSON, series editor, is the author of
Boozehound: On the Trail of the Rare, the Obscure, and the Overrated in Spirits and the digital wine series
Planet of the Grapes. He has written for the
Washington Post, the
Boston Globe, the
Philadelphia Daily News, and many other publications. He is the founding editor of
The Smart Set and
Table Matters. Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 10/06/2015
ISBN: 9780544569645
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.10d