Innocents Abroad Too: Journeys Around the World on Semester at Sea

by Michael Pearson

Most people don't get the opportunity to circumnavigate the globe. Michael Pearson has had the good fortune to do it twice. As a two-term professor in the Semester at Sea Program, Pearson journeyed by ship in 2002 and 2006 to such countries as Japan, China, Vietnam, India, Myanmar, Egypt, Turkey, South Africa, and Cuba. In Innocents Abroad Too he shares his experiences and candid impressions transporting the reader to bustling streets outside Shanghai's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815609094
• ISBN13: 9780815609094
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 3.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Fascinating Travel Narrative

I've traveled on Semseter at Sea,and this book depicts that experience perfectly. Ultimately, though, it's a narrative for those who love to travel, read great literature, or imagine wolrds they haven't seen. I recommend this book wholeheartedly.

As a literary and nautical travelogue, it's a winner

INNOCENTS ABROAD TOO: JOURNEYS AROUND THE WORLD ON SEMESTER AT SEA comes from an author who has circumnavigated the globe twice, sharing his experiences and memories of various countries and peoples and including a literary description of the books and writers of these countries. As a literary and nautical travelogue, it's a winner.