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The English Teacher Looks at Great Travel Writing for This 2020 Summer of COVID-19

Our intrepid Maverick English Teacher, who, like so many others, is unable to travel anywhere this summer, looks at some of the best travel writing out there. Travel writing is a somewhat amorphous concept, but for the purposes of this list, it should be fact-inspired narratives focusing on journeying to places other than one's home and what is experienced, both inwardly and outwardly, while doing so. Consequently, Travel guides are excluded. Fiction is a knottier problem; how much of either the Steinbeck or the Kerouac is the product of the author 's imagination is impossible to know. The compiler decided to err on the side of inclusion. Finally, whatever else "Into Thin Air" may be notwithstanding, it meets all the requirements of great travel writing.
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Around the World in Eighty Days (Palin)
Around the World in Eighty Days
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Palin
Blue Highways (William Least Heat-Moon)
Blue Highways
2
William Least Heat-Moon
Cape Cod (Henry David Thoreau)
Cape Cod
3
Henry David Thoreau
Gipsy Moth Circles the World (Francis Chichester)
Gipsy Moth Circles the World
4
Francis Chichester
The Happy Isles of Oceania (Paul Theroux)
The Happy Isles of Oceania
5
Paul Theroux
Here, There, Elsewhere (William Least Heat-Moon)
Here, There, Elsewhere
6
William Least Heat-Moon
Hold the Enlightenment (Tim Cahill)
Hold the Enlightenment
7
Tim Cahill
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (Bill Bryson)
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
8
Bill Bryson
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great (Michael Woods)
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great
9
Michael Woods
In the Shadows of the Morning (Caputo)
In the Shadows of the Morning
10
Caputo
In a Sunburned Country (Bill Bryson)
In a Sunburned Country
11
Bill Bryson
Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer)
Into Thin Air
12
Jon Krakauer
Jaguars Ripped My Flesh (Tim Cahill)
Jaguars Ripped My Flesh
13
Tim Cahill
Journey Without Maps by Graham Greene
Journey Without Maps by Graham Greene
14
The Kingdom by the Sea (Paul Theroux)
The Kingdom by the Sea
15
Paul Theroux
The Lawless Roads (Graham Greene)
The Lawless Roads
16
Graham Greene
The Longest Road (Phillip Caputo)
The Longest Road
17
Phillip Caputo
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America (Bill Bryson)
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
18
Bill Bryson
Lost in My Own Backyard (Tim Cahill)
Lost in My Own Backyard
19
Tim Cahill
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure (Michael Palin)
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure
20
Michael Palin
My Twenty-Five Years in Provence (Mayle)
My Twenty-Five Years in Provence
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Mayle
Neither Here, nor There (Bill Bryson)
Neither Here, nor There
22
Bill Bryson
Notes From a Small Island (Bill Bryson)
Notes From a Small Island
23
Bill Bryson
Nothing Happened and Then It Did (Jake Silverstein)
Nothing Happened and Then It Did
24
Jake Silverstein
The Old Patagonian Express
The Old Patagonian Express
25
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
26
Jack Kerouac
Once Is Enough (Smeeton)
Once Is Enough
27
Smeeton
Pass the Butterworms (Tim Cahill)
Pass the Butterworms
28
Tim Cahill
Pecked to Death by Ducks (Tim Cahill)
Pecked to Death by Ducks
29
Tim Cahill
Pieces of Land (Kevin Crossley-Holland)
Pieces of Land
30
Kevin Crossley-Holland
The Pillars of Hercules
The Pillars of Hercules
31
Pole to Pole (Michael Palin)
Pole to Pole
32
Michael Palin
River-Horse (Heat-Moon, William Least)
River-Horse
33
Heat-Moon, William Least
Road Fever (Tim Cahill)
Road Fever
34
Tim Cahill
The Road to Little Dribbling (Bill Bryson)
The Road to Little Dribbling
35
Bill Bryson
Road to Quoz: An American Mosey (William Least Heat-Moon)
Road to Quoz: An American Mosey
36
William Least Heat-Moon
Sailing Alone Around the World (Joshua Slocum)
Sailing Alone Around the World
37
Joshua Slocum
Sunrise With Seamonsters (Paul Theroux)
Sunrise With Seamonsters
38
Paul Theroux
To the Ends of the Earth (Paul Theroux)
To the Ends of the Earth
39
Paul Theroux
Travels With Charley (John Steinbeck)
Travels With Charley
40
John Steinbeck
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