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The Joys of Travel - And Stories That Illuminate Them

Thomas Swick

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing

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Summary

The acclaimed travel writer explores the importance and many pleasure of travel in this “elegant and insightful” collection of personal essays (Paul Theroux). 
 
In The Joys of Travel, Thomas Swick reflects on what he calls “the seven joys of travel”: anticipation, movement, break from routine, novelty, discovery, emotional connection, and heightened appreciation of home. These essays awakens travelers to the hidden pleasures they may be taking for granted, and shows non-travelers what they’ve been missing.  
 
Swick offers tips on how to get the most out of any excursion and suggests travel literature classics that will not only prepare us for the places we visit but make those places more meaningful once we get there. And he narrates the grand journey of his life as one who has made a living writing about travel.
Available since: 05/03/2016.
Print length: 151 pages.

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