The Best Women's Travel Writing: True Stories from Around the World

by Faith Adiele, Lucy McCauley, E.J. Koh

Book Overview

This best-selling, award-winning series presents the finest accounts of women who have traveled to the ends of the earth to discover new places, peoples -- and themselves. The common threads connecting the stories are a woman's perspective and lively storytelling to make the reader laugh, cry, wish she were there, or be glad she wasn't. From breaking the gender barrier on a soccer field in Kenya to learning the art of French cooking in a damp cellar...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932361634
• ISBN13: 9781932361636
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Travelers' Tales
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

A country-by-country chapter listing makes it easy to locate experiences specific to different natio

This outstanding collection of travel experiences offers a solid travel literature piece of true stories from women around the world, and makes for a 'must' pick for any library catering to travelers or including women's issues in the mix. A country-by-country chapter listing makes it easy to locate experiences specific to different nations and lends to the browsing interest of an outstanding literary collection of experiences.