The Best American Travel Writing 2015 (The Best American Series)

The Best American Travel Writing 2015 (The Best American Series)

<DIV><DIV>In his introduction, guest editor Andrew McCarthy says that the best travel writing is “the anonymous and solitary traveler capturing a moment in time and place, giving meaning to his or her travels.” The stories in <I>The Best American Travel Writing 2015 </I>demonstrate just that spirit, whether it is the story of a marine returning to Iraq a decade after his deployment, a writer retracing the footsteps of humanity as it spread from Africa throughout the world, or looking for love on a physics-themed cruise down the Rhone River. No matter what the subject, the writers featured in this volume boldly call out, “Yes, this matters. Follow me!”<BR />  </DIV><DIV><I>The Best American Travel Writing 2015</I> includes<BR /><BR /> Iris Smyles, Paul Theroux, Christopher Solomon<BR /> Patricia Marx, Kevin Baker, Benjamin Busch, Maud Newton<BR /> Gary Shteyngart, Paul Salopek, <BR /><I>and others</I></DIV><DIV><BR /> ANDREW MCCARTHY, guest editor, is the author of the <I>New York Times</I> best-selling travel memoir <I>The Longest Way Home.</I> He has served as an editor at large at <I>National Geographic Traveler</I> and been named travel journalist of the year by the Society of American Travel Writers. He is also an actor and director.<BR /><BR /> JASON WILSON, series editor, is the author of <I>Boozehound: On the Trail of the Rare, the Obscure, and the Overrated in Spirits</I> and the digital wine series <I>Planet of the Grapes.</I> He has written for the<I> Washington Post,</I> the <I>Boston Globe,</I> the <I>Philadelphia Daily News,</I> and many other publications. He is the founding editor of <I>The Smart Set </I>and <I>Table Matters.</I></DIV></DIV><BR />