The Best American Travel Writing 2009

by Simon Winchester

Book Overview

Acclaimed writer Simon Winchester brings his keen literary eye to this year's volume of the finest travel writing from the past year. "Full of insights, humor, the exotic and distant, and the ordinary... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0618858660
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.9" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Good but not great

I've been buying these since 2000 and it's always a highlight of my book reading year. But it seems like the last couple of years the collections haven't been as strong, which I chalk up to the guest editors. Still worth reading though.