Globetrotter Dogma: 100 Canons for Escaping the Rat Race and Exploring the World (Paperback)

by Bruce Northam (Author) "The roaming gene should not become out-selected over time..." (more)
Key Phrases: bruce northam, New York, Henry David Thoreau, Irian Jayan (more...)

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Product Description
After circling the globe five times in the last 20 years, Bruce Northam has gathered hard-won nuggets of travel wisdom into 100 enlightening recommendations for making the most of seeing the world. In a book shaped and styled like a passport to fit easily into a backpack, the author advises, for example, to take a media sabbatical (if you haven’t traveled widely, maybe there’s an umbilical cord attached to your TV convincing you that the world is an unfriendly place. It’s not!), to go where the locals go (cops and bartenders know their terrain better than the local chamber of commerce) and to undertake exhausting itineraries with family (no one will have energy left to recycle family debates). Employing a mix of travel lore, humor, and anecdotes, Northam entertains, advises, and inspires readers to hit the road. 20 black-and-white illustrations are included.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: New World Library; illustrated edition edition (April 19, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1577312163
• ISBN-13: 978-1577312161
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #669,512 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The cure for boredom, July 7, 2002

By	Kathy (Natchez, MS & New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

If you're bored with your life and don't know what to do READ THIS BOOK!! If you are a veteran traveller Northan will transport you back to the time when life was a satisfying adventure. If you have not yet embarked on a journey, you will after reading this book. Northam's adventurous spirit and sense of humor shine through each page. The isightful and inspiring canons bring the world to your feet and challenge you to forge your own trail into it. Give this book to friends as I have and your phone will be ringing with words of gratitude. It is a chemically free cure for computer weary eyes a deadline strapped soul!

17 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars If you need help , you will not find it here, March 26, 2004

By	Nabila Abu-hantash "bulbula" (Kuwait Kuwait) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

When I decide to buy a book, I almost always rely on reviews of other readers to help me decide if I want to purchase it or not. This was the same for this book. The surprise was when I found my self so out of tune with everyone else. Everyone else Liked it, while I did not find it at all useful. Going around the world is a relatively serious undertaking, and I was looking for some pointers. This book had none. It was more of road impressions written in a non-imaginative style. I would borrow it from a library or buy it used rather than pay USD10 plus shipping for it. The author himself said his earlier books contained the nuts and bolts of how to travel while this one adopts a different style. If you are like me.... preparing ... this is not the book for you.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolute Splendor, November 29, 2003

By	sketchalot "lainey39" (CT United States) - See all my reviews

With a conversational writing style and years of experience, Bruce Northam captured my attention with his "boyhood" wonder at the world. He gives a realistic description of globe trotting, with nothing more than his backpack and a few essentials (not always money!), in "off the beaten path" places that bring out the joy of exploration of people, places and cultures. I only hope to do a little traveling like this myself someday, Meanwhile, I will read delicious tidbits such as these to tide me over for that long journey.