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The Traveling Curmudgeon: Irreverent Notes, Quotes, and Anecdotes on Dismal Destinations, Excess Baggage, the Full Upright Position, and Other Reasons Not to Go There
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by:
Winokur, Jon
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Publisher: Sasquatch Books
Published: September 1, 2003
ISBN: 1570613893
Format:Hardcover
Pages:192
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Book Description
On the theory that an account of a pleasant journey is best not thrust upon friends and strangers, that a disaster makes for a more entertaining story, here is a gathering of quotes, commentary, and anecdotes about the travails of travel, the downright
strangeness of foreign places, and rueful encounters on the road. Abetted by a parade of well-known curmudgeons that include George Bernard Shaw, Molly Ivins, Marco Polo, Carl Sandburg, and Bill Bryson, best-selling author Jon Winokur offers a thousand
reasons not to go there. The Traveling Curmudgeon proves that travel and all things related to going from here to there - destinations, the locals, the tourists, the food, the accommodations, and, oh my god, the souvenirs we drag home - are all grist for
a very entertaining mill. Lively illustrations accompany this comic cautionary.
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