Vagabonding in Europe and North Africa [Paperback]

Ed Buryn (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Random House; Revised Edition edition (June 1973)
• ISBN-10: 0394706633
• ISBN-13: 978-0394706634
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,537,770 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How this book affected my life, December 13, 1999

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carie graves (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vagabonding in Europe and North Africa

I read this book in 1972.I had dropped out of college and was working the midnight to 6 am shift at Dunkin Donuts and selling Christmas trees during one of the coldest Wisconsin winters in history. I held on to this book and read and reread it until it fell apart. It gave me the dream and courage to save up enough money to shed that pink Dunkin Donuts dress, hitch over Europe for 5 months -alone as a single female. Definitely a formative book for me.I loved it. Thanks again Ed!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Old, out of date, but hey that's me too., May 16, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Vagabonding in Europe and North Africa (Paperback)

I read this (at least some of it) in 1973 before traveling with a friend to Europe, Middle East, Far East. It gave me great comfort then that I (we) could do so cheaply and quickly.

Now Ed's book is more of a history of 60s vagabonding than a practical guide for today's traveller, but fun reading and don't let that stop you from buying it and getting the Vagabonding Bug... Travel On!

A wonderful read if you're going to Europe or New Jersey!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Changed My Life, March 12, 2000

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Gregory P. Hughes (Utah, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vagabonding in Europe and North Africa (Paperback)

I was a kid living at home, read the book at Los Alamitos library in 1973, and got the vision to do Europe in this way. Went alone in June 74 for 3 1/2 months. The book is a philosophy and attitude that the people of Europe are the key--if you can open yourself up to them. I was adopted, in a way, by different people throughout Europe as I traveled (part of it was probably that they sorry for me--dumb kid who really didn't know what he was doing). But what I remember well 27 years later is those people. I would not have been inspired to do the trip if it wasn't for the book. I passed the book on to someone at work after my trip--and remember the gratitude of the guy I gave it to. The philosophy that is this book IS a gift!