Book Reviews Archives - Travel The Four Corners https://travelthefourcorners.com/category/book-reviews/ Travel With Insight Sat, 07 Jun 2025 20:10:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/travelthefourcorners.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Final_JPG.webp?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Book Reviews Archives - Travel The Four Corners https://travelthefourcorners.com/category/book-reviews/ 32 32 210440351 The Way of Wanderlust: The Best Travel Writing of Don George https://travelthefourcorners.com/the-way-of-wanderlust-the-best-travel-writing-of-don-george/ https://travelthefourcorners.com/the-way-of-wanderlust-the-best-travel-writing-of-don-george/#respond Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:00:00 +0000 https://travelthefourcorners.com/?p=124561 Why do we travel? Don George knows why he travels—it’s why he became a travel writer. Each of his short stories reveals a part of himself, and his experiences feed his insatiable curiosity about other lands and peoples, their customs and beliefs. He views travel as a classroom and believes it “paves the pathway to […]

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]]> https://travelthefourcorners.com/the-way-of-wanderlust-the-best-travel-writing-of-don-george/feed/ 0 124561 Pass The Butterworms: Remote Journey’s Oddly Rendered https://travelthefourcorners.com/pass-the-butterworms-remote-journeys-oddly-rendered/ https://travelthefourcorners.com/pass-the-butterworms-remote-journeys-oddly-rendered/#respond Tue, 06 Aug 2024 15:57:02 +0000 https://travelthefourcorners.com/?p=121986 Paddling Peru’s Maraňón River, a source of the Amazon, I dodged boat-swallowing whirlpools and kept an eye out for danger lurking in the thick brush. On another expedition to count gorillas, elephants, and leopards, I bushwhacked with pygmy guides through the steamy Congo jungle. On that trek, swarms of bees made life a living hell. […]

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]]> https://travelthefourcorners.com/pass-the-butterworms-remote-journeys-oddly-rendered/feed/ 0 121986 A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail https://travelthefourcorners.com/a-walk-in-the-woods-rediscovering-america-on-the-appalachian-trail/ https://travelthefourcorners.com/a-walk-in-the-woods-rediscovering-america-on-the-appalachian-trail/#comments Mon, 19 Feb 2024 22:15:47 +0000 https://travelthefourcorners.com/?p=121907 Who would think a hike across the wintry Appalachian Trail with two grumpy, middle-aged men could be so entertaining? And yet, A Walk In the Woods by Bill Bryson is one of the most amusing books I have read in years. This mismatched hiking duo is a recipe for laughter. Bryson’s out-of-shape Little Debbie cake-loving […]

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]]> https://travelthefourcorners.com/a-walk-in-the-woods-rediscovering-america-on-the-appalachian-trail/feed/ 2 121907 The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise https://travelthefourcorners.com/the-half-known-life-in-search-of-paradise/ https://travelthefourcorners.com/the-half-known-life-in-search-of-paradise/#respond Wed, 13 Dec 2023 14:08:46 +0000 https://travelthefourcorners.com/?p=121908 The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise Pico Iyer was one of the marquee writers who drew me to Book Passage’s four-day travel conference in June. Months after he signed my copy of The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise, I began reading this thought-provoking book chronicling his visits to the places we […]

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]]> https://travelthefourcorners.com/the-half-known-life-in-search-of-paradise/feed/ 0 121908 Lonely Planet: How to be a Travel Writer https://travelthefourcorners.com/lonely-planet-how-to-be-a-travel-writer/ https://travelthefourcorners.com/lonely-planet-how-to-be-a-travel-writer/#respond Wed, 15 Nov 2023 14:58:45 +0000 https://travelthefourcorners.com/?p=121909 I can’t think of a better book to kick off Journeys in Travel Literature than Lonely Planet: How to be a Travel Writer by Don George and Janine Eberle. If you love to travel, there’s a good chance you keep a travel journal, publish a blog, or are thinking of starting one. There are now over 30 million […]

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