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Jan Morris: Around the World in Eighty Years
Contributor(s): Clements, Paul (Editor), Theroux, Paul (Illustrator)

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 ISBN: 1854114247     ISBN-13: 9781854114242
Publisher: Seren Books
OUR PRICE: $17.05  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: April 2007
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Annotation: In honor of the 80th birthday of British travel journalist Jan Morris, her colleagues and successors have put together this celebratory, biographical tribute, which explores both the writer and her writing. By revisiting more than 50 years of descriptions of her travels, her epic three-volume history of the British Empire, and her startling and thoughtful memoir about her sex change, the volume contains many full, intimate insights into her character from renowned contributors, including George Band, Arturo di Stefano, David Fieldhouse, Don Geroge, David Hurn, Pico Iyer, Robert McCrum, Geoffrey Moorhouse, Patrick Nairn, Jim Perrin, Hilary Rubenstein, Colin Thubron, Erica Wagner, Alan Whicker, Simon Winchester, and Peregrine Wortsthorne.
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Anthologies (multiple Authors)
Dewey: FIC
Physical Information: 0.42" H x 6.6" W x 8.41" L (0.39 lbs) 200 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
 
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Publisher Description:
Jan Morris pioneered a way of reporting the world, exotic and otherwise, which became the template for travel writing, and in this volume her colleagues and successors explore both the writing and the writer.
 
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