Fodor's Athens the Collected Traveler

by Barrie Kerper

Book Overview

Athens is a consistently popular tourist destination and Kerper will go into detail about the city and its wonders, as well as the many archeological treasures and island escapes that surround this metropolis.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1400050057
• ISBN13: 9781400050055
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Fodor's Travel Publications
• Length: 531 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

Another first-rate selection by Kerper

Barrie Kerper says she has been keeping travel files in cardboard cartons for many years: cuttings, clippings, articles, leaflets. Here she selects from what she has on Greece and the result is dynamite but instead of exploding, it delights and impresses. The book includes material on Athens, the island of the Aegean, and the Poeloponnese. Some selections were written by experienced veterans in the art of travel writing (Robert Kaplan, Patricia Storace)and others by less important but still excellent writers. My own favorite section is the one about the Islands, which includes articles on Patmos, Rhodes, Chios and others. Kerper accompanies each selction with a brief piece about its author and the genesis of the article. The book also contains several carefully annotated bibliographies, presumably prepared by also by Kerper. A fine book.