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Crown Journeys
City of the Soul, A Walk in Rome
• William Murray
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2003 •
PAPER
• 144 PAGES
A personal portrait of Rome from William Murray, a writer for The New Yorker, who was raised in Italy. Murray recounts neighborhoods, buildings, archaeology and history on a personal, anecdotal ramble. A volume in the exceptional Crown Journeys series, which marries writers and their favorite cities.
(ITL506, $16.95) |
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Fugitives and Refugees, A Walk in Portland, Oregon
• Chuck Palahniuk
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2003 •
HARD COVER
• 176 PAGES
Novelist Palahniuk's appreciative, decidedly eccentric account of his adopted city (and the other oddballs it has attracted), strong on local flavor and personality. A volume in the Crown Journeys series.
(PNW150, $16.95) |
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The Great Psychedelic Armadillo Picnic, A Walk in Austin
• Kinky Friedman
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2004 •
HARD COVER
• 144 PAGES
A rowdy, rollicking tour of the state's capital city by a resident writer and bon vivant. Kinky Friedman (founder of the band Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys and also the Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch) opens his guide with "The Barenaked Essentials." The book is actually useful (and funnny)! He also lists his favorite restaurants, bookstores and radio stations. Like all the books in the excellent Crown Journeys series, which pairs writers and favorite cities, this short book is loosely organized around the idea of a walk.
(TEX63, $16.95) |
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Land's End, A Walk in Provincetown
• Michael Cunningham
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2012 •
PAPER
• 176 PAGES
A brief, loving portrait of Provincetown, the town at the very tip of Cape Cod, by part-time resident Michael Cunningham (whose The Hours, Item NYC67, won the Pulitzer Prize). The notion of a walk, really, is just a convenient way for Cunningham to wax eloquent on Provincetown's early history and its development as a home to artists, bohemians, kooks, and, more recently, to a large gay population. He especially focuses on the breathtaking and uncanny beauty of the town's environs.
(USE254, $16.95) |
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Lost in My Own Backyard
• Tim Cahill
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2004 •
HARD COVER
• 160 PAGES
Tim Cahill (who, as advertised, lives at Yellowstone's doorstep) brings his talents closer to home as he mixes tales of walks, hikes and three good backcountry treks with history, lore and gee-whiz wonder in this inspiring entry in the Crown Journeys series.
(USW430, $16.95) |
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Never a City So Real, A Walk in Chicago
• Alex Kotlowitz
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2004 •
HARD COVER
• 160 PAGES
Novelist Alex Kotlowitz, originally a New Yorker, traveled to Chicago in search of a story. What he found was much more -- a city of people who he feels characterize the "real" in America. It's a place where he has now lived for 20 years (and counting). He interweaves history, anecdote and biography in this brief, street-level view of the city and its everyday people. A Crown Journeys book.
(GLK35, $16.95) |
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Time's Magpie, A Walk in Prague
• Myla Goldberg
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2004 •
HARD COVER
• 140 PAGES
A tour of Prague by the bestselling author of "Bee Season." A volume in the Crown Journeys series.
(CZH58, $16.00) |
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