In Search of Adventure: A Wild Travel Anthology (Paperback)

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Editorial Reviews

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"In Search of Adventure satisfies your appetite for virtual wanderlust." -- Trips

"Body and Soul are Individually Served" -- Publishers Weekly

"Exuberant and irrepressible, here's a mad gambol over the wide world with a gang of vociferous globetrotters. From the steppes of Mongolia to the Tanzanian bush, it's a tangle of crazy tales and hair-raising escapes and escapades that will take you from the outback to the way out. Full of surprises and surprising stories, this collection of travel tales doesn't just push the envelope; it shreds it. Irreverent, lively and unexpectedit's just the thing to remind readers that adventure is, more than anything, a state of mind." (San Francisco Examiner 3/99) -- San Francisco Examiner 3/99

"Lovers of storytelling and anyone looking for summer vacation inspiration shouldn't miss this (book.)" -- San Francisco Bay Guardian 4/99

"On the wilder side, In Search of Adventure is an anthology of over 100 tales ranging from the loopy to the erotic to the ridiculous to the sublime. Enjoyable stuff all around, but not for traditionalists." -- Big World 3/99

"Roughing It The rough-and-ready contributors to In Search of Adventure: A Wild Travel Anthology, compiled by Bruce Northam and Brad Olsen (CCC Publishing, $17.95) would probably eat their luggage before they'd pack a velvet tea gown or shooting tweeds. If they have luggage at all -- this is the crowd that travels with a toothbrush, a pair of jeans and a passport. They're an eclectic crew of adventurers and hippies; the most far out of them has to be Mur (no other name given), "one of the original intercontinental overland hippies" who renounced his American citizenship "to become an Earth man." Other contributors, including Simon Winchester (The Professor and the Madman) and Tim Cahill (Jaguars Ripped My Flesh), will be more familiar to mainstream readers." (Washington Post 6/99) that travels with a toothbrush, a pair of jeans and a passp\ that travels with a toothbrush, a pair of jeans and a passp\ -- Washington Post 6/99

"The anthology is a fresh, irreverent look at international travel, and delves into areas often glossed over, including experiences with crime, sex, and religious fraud." -- San Francisco Chronicle 3/99

"You don't have to read a traditional guidebook to gain an understanding of a destination. This compilation of 100 eclectic essays takes readers into the hearts and minds of the authors and the destinations in which their adventures take place. Whether clients are headed to Bhutan or their favorite chair, they will be entertained, enlightened and sometimes shocked by these honest slices of life on the road." -- Travel Weekly 5/99

Product Description

These short travel essays from around the globe get to the heart of what the words travel and adventure really mean. These nonfiction travel pieces present disparate viewpoints on the diverse world in which we live and leave no emotion untouched.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 465 pages
• Publisher: CCC Publishing (March 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1888729031
• ISBN-13: 978-1888729030
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #596,495 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Wide Range of Travel, April 13, 1999

By A Customer

"In Search of Adventure" certainly lives up to its subtitle as a "Wild Travel Anthology." This book is pretty far out there, showing the many faces of travel as they really are. With 100 stories to choose from, I laughed, cried, shuddered, and dreamed of hoisting on my backpack for another world stomp. This book truly represents the Good, Bad, and Ugly aspects of world travel -- an excellent armchair read!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars So Good, It Seems Like Fiction!, May 12, 1999

By A Customer

Very enjoyable, fun and even emotionally moving at times. The anthology contains so many experiences in so many places, it seems almost fictional -- yet they are TRUE life adventures! These colorful, yet terse stories make for perfect reading for us busy-types who don't have more than 1/2 hour of free time a day. After reading just a few stories I wanted to pack-up my backpack and go for a camel ride!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A recommendation., March 9, 2007

By	Bob Fitzsimmons (New York City) - See all my reviews

This is a great anthology - I really enjoy travel narratives, and would like to make a recommendation for those wishing to dig deeper - Tent Life in Siberia: An Incredible Account of Siberian Adventure, Travel, and Survival by George Kennan. I was blown away by this book.