Gathered here are essays by writers who examine how they came to invest a part of themselves in the places they have inhabited and how those places have consequently inhabited them. This multifarious assembly offers readers a sophisticated armchair-travel experience, replete with insights into culture, politics, architecture, and history.
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Gathered here are essays by writers who examine how they came to invest a part of themselves in the places they have inhabited and how those places have consequently inhabited them. This multifarious assembly offers readers a sophisticated armchair-travel experience, replete with insights into culture, politics, architecture, and history.
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Wilson, Robert (Editor)., Random House, 2002, c2002, 1st Edition, 1st printing, boards (hard cover), fine with fine dj, 250 pp, 8vo, ISBN: 037550849X, 'Collects thirty original essays in which writers were asked to describe a place that was significant to them; to decipher what makes it mysterious and meaningful', 'Ann Beattie on Key West, Edward Hoagland on Vermont, John Hough, Jr. on Cape Cod, Kate Lehrer on Texas, Anthony Walton on Maine' and many others.