Phil Druker/ Department of English/ UI

Travel Books to read:

From Druker:

Ian Baker.  The Heart of the World. 2004

Peter Matthiessen. The Snow Leopard, 1978

Ryszard Kapuscinski. Travels with Herodotus. 2007

Tony Horowitz,  Blue Latitudes. 2002

Isabella Bird,  A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains. 1983.

Pico. Iyer, Sun After Dark, Flights into the Foreign. 2004.

Jon Krakauer. Into Thin Air. 1997

Alexander David-Neel. My Journey to Llasa. 1927.

Jamie. Zeppa, Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan, 2000

Andrew Garcia. Tough Trip Through Paradise, 1878-1879, 2001.

Tim Cahill,  Lost in My Own Backyard: A Walk in Yellowstone National Park, 2004.

Paul Fussel, (ed). The Norton Book of Travel Writing. 1987

Robyn Davidson,. Tracks—A Woman’s Solo Trek across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback. 1995

John McPhee. Basin and Range. 1980

Todd Balf.  The Last River. 2000

Heinrich Harrer. Seven Years in Tibet. 1953

Colin Thubron. In Siberia. 1999

From Joshua:

Anything by Tahir Shah
  
King Solomons Mines,
Paper Tiger,
Sorcerers Apprentice,
Caliphs House
  
John Sacks.  Journey to Practically Nowhere....this is about his travels to the worlds 13 most insignificant countries in the 60's.

From Kim:

Jon Krakauer,  Into the Wild

From Jeremy

Robert Sullivan - "The Meadowlands"
John McPhee - "Coming into the Country"
John McPhee - "Assembling California" (This is more about science and environment but still is a great example of travel)

 

 Jeremy