Author: Harry La Tourette Foster
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1839740280
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
The Adventures of a Tropical Tramp, first published in 1922, is the first of several travel narratives by Harry La Tourette Foster (1894-1932), a World War One veteran who, seized by wanderlust, would spend much of his adult life traveling and working first in South America (the subject of this book), and later in Asia, the South Pacific, and the Caribbean. While in South America, Foster recounts his experiences as a miner, reporter, war correspondent, diplomatic attaché, guide, companion, and piano player, ending with an extended voyage down the Amazon and its tributaries. His writing vividly - and often humorously - portrays the people he met, the local culture, and his desire for new adventures. Included are 4 pages of photographs.
Adventures of a Tropical Tramp
Author: Harry La Tourette Foster
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1839740280
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
The Adventures of a Tropical Tramp, first published in 1922, is the first of several travel narratives by Harry La Tourette Foster (1894-1932), a World War One veteran who, seized by wanderlust, would spend much of his adult life traveling and working first in South America (the subject of this book), and later in Asia, the South Pacific, and the Caribbean. While in South America, Foster recounts his experiences as a miner, reporter, war correspondent, diplomatic attaché, guide, companion, and piano player, ending with an extended voyage down the Amazon and its tributaries. His writing vividly - and often humorously - portrays the people he met, the local culture, and his desire for new adventures. Included are 4 pages of photographs.
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1839740280
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
The Adventures of a Tropical Tramp, first published in 1922, is the first of several travel narratives by Harry La Tourette Foster (1894-1932), a World War One veteran who, seized by wanderlust, would spend much of his adult life traveling and working first in South America (the subject of this book), and later in Asia, the South Pacific, and the Caribbean. While in South America, Foster recounts his experiences as a miner, reporter, war correspondent, diplomatic attaché, guide, companion, and piano player, ending with an extended voyage down the Amazon and its tributaries. His writing vividly - and often humorously - portrays the people he met, the local culture, and his desire for new adventures. Included are 4 pages of photographs.
The Adventures of a Tropical Tramp
Author: Harry La Tourette Foster
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Category : Peru
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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Category : Peru
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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Quarterly Booklist
Author: Pratt Institute. Free Library
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Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 590
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Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 590
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If You Go to South America
Author: Harry La Tourette Foster
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Category : South America
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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Category : South America
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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Library Notes
Author: University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Woman's College. Library
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Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Pages : 40
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Author: North Carolina College for Women. Library
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Category : Catalogs, Classified
Languages : en
Pages : 884
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Category : Catalogs, Classified
Languages : en
Pages : 884
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Book Review Digest
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1098
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Excerpts from and citations to reviews of more than 8,000 books each year, drawn from coverage of 109 publications. Book Review Digest provides citations to and excerpts of reviews of current juvenile and adult fiction and nonfiction in the English language. Reviews of the following types of books are excluded: government publications, textbooks, and technical books in the sciences and law. Reviews of books on science for the general reader, however, are included. The reviews originate in a group of selected periodicals in the humanities, social sciences, and general science published in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. - Publisher.
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1098
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Excerpts from and citations to reviews of more than 8,000 books each year, drawn from coverage of 109 publications. Book Review Digest provides citations to and excerpts of reviews of current juvenile and adult fiction and nonfiction in the English language. Reviews of the following types of books are excluded: government publications, textbooks, and technical books in the sciences and law. Reviews of books on science for the general reader, however, are included. The reviews originate in a group of selected periodicals in the humanities, social sciences, and general science published in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. - Publisher.
Unpacked
Author: Blake C. Scott
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501766430
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Unpacked offers a critical, novel perspective on the Caribbean's now taken-for-granted desirability as a tourist's paradise. Dreams of a tropical vacation have become a quintessential aspect of the modern Caribbean, as millions of tourists travel to the region and spend extravagantly to pursue vacation fantasies. At the beginning of the twentieth century, however, travelers from North America and Europe thought of the Caribbean as diseased, dangerous, and, according to many observers, "the white man's graveyard." How then did a trip to the Caribbean become a supposedly fun and safe experience? Unpacked examines the historical roots of the region's tourism industry by following a well-traveled sea route linking the US East Coast with the island of Cuba and the Isthmus of Panama. Blake C. Scott describes how the cultural and material history of US imperialism became the heart of modern Caribbean tourism. In addition, he explores how advances in tropical medicine, perceptions of the tropical environment, and development of infrastructure and transportation networks opened a new playground for visitors.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501766430
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Unpacked offers a critical, novel perspective on the Caribbean's now taken-for-granted desirability as a tourist's paradise. Dreams of a tropical vacation have become a quintessential aspect of the modern Caribbean, as millions of tourists travel to the region and spend extravagantly to pursue vacation fantasies. At the beginning of the twentieth century, however, travelers from North America and Europe thought of the Caribbean as diseased, dangerous, and, according to many observers, "the white man's graveyard." How then did a trip to the Caribbean become a supposedly fun and safe experience? Unpacked examines the historical roots of the region's tourism industry by following a well-traveled sea route linking the US East Coast with the island of Cuba and the Isthmus of Panama. Blake C. Scott describes how the cultural and material history of US imperialism became the heart of modern Caribbean tourism. In addition, he explores how advances in tropical medicine, perceptions of the tropical environment, and development of infrastructure and transportation networks opened a new playground for visitors.
The Open Shelf
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Languages : en
Pages : 770
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Pages : 770
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Sunset
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 1132
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 1132
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