Full Description
Successfully navigate the rich world of travel narratives and identify fiction and nonfiction read-alikes with this detailed and expertly constructed guide.
Just as savvy travelers make use of guidebooks to help navigate the hundreds of countries around the globe, smart librarians need a guidebook that makes sense of the world of travel narratives. Going Places: A Reader's Guide to Travel Narratives meets that demand, helping librarians assist patrons in finding the nonfiction books that most interest them. It will also serve to help users better understand the genre and their own reading interests.
The book examines the subgenres of the travel narrative genre in its seven chapters, categorizing and describing approximately 600 titles according to genres and broad reading interests, and identifying hundreds of other fiction and nonfiction titles as read-alikes and related reads by shared key topics. The author has also identified award-winning titles and spotlighted further resources on travel lit, making this work an ideal guide for readers' advisors as well a book general readers will enjoy browsing.
Contents
Series Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1—A Sense of Place
Definition of "A Sense of Place"
Appeal of "A Sense of Place"
Organization of the Chapter
Classics
The Beauty of the Place
Landscapes and People
Urban Landscapes
Appreciating Nature
Endangered Places
Consider Starting With
Fiction Read-Alikes
Notes
References
Chapter 2—Quests
Definition of "Quests"
Appeal of "Quests"
Organization of the Chapter
Classics
In Search of Food
In Search of History
In Search of Legends
In Search of a Concept
In the Footsteps of...
Consider Starting With...
Fiction Read-Alikes
Notes
References
Chapter 3—The Journey
Definition of "The Journey"
pApeal of "The Journey"
Organization of the Chapter
Classics
Healing Odysseys
Discovering One's Self
"The Past Is a Foreign Country"
Reflective Journeys
Return Trips
Family Travel
Consider Starting With...
Fiction Read-Alikes
Note
Chapter 4—Getting There Is Half the Fun
Definition of "Getting There Is Half the Fun"
Appeal of "Getting There Is Half the Fun"
Organization of the Chapter
Classics
On Foot
On the Rails
On the Road
On Two Wheels
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Fiction Read-Alikes
Chapter 5—The Expatriate Life
Definition of "The Expatriate Life"
Appeal of "The Expatriate Life"
Organization of the Chapter
Classics
A Year or Two in...
Living Abroad
Living with Others
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Fiction Read-Alikes
Notes
Reference
Chapter 6—Travel Humor
Definition of "Travel Humor"
Appeal of "Travel Humor"
Organization of the Chapter
Classics
Wit and Wisdom
Crazy Ideas
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Fiction Read-Alikes
Note
Reference
Chapter 7—Travel Adventure
Definition of "Travel Adventure"
Appeal of "Travel Adventure"
Organization of the Chapter
Classics
Thrill Seekers
Unexpected Adventures
They Were Heroes
Consider Starting With...
Fiction Read-Alikes
Notes
References
Appendix A: Travel Narrative Book Awards
Author-Title Index
Place Index
Subject Index
