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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451529203321

Autore

Harris Dixie Lee

Titolo

Encounters in My Travels : Thoughts Along the Way / / Dixie Lee Harris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2006

ISBN

94-012-0201-X

1-4237-9195-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (167 p.)

Collana

Value Inquiry Book Series ; ; 174

Disciplina

910.4092

Soggetti

Americans - Foreign countries

Travelers' writings, American - Women authors

Women travelers - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword -- Introduction -- One Police Encounters -- Two Alaska, 1957-1960 -- Three Roads Traveled -- Four War! -- Five In the Muslim World -- Six Natural Wonders -- Seven Built Wonders -- Eight Other Encounters -- Nine Epilogue -- For Further Reading -- About the Author -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book details Harris's travels throughout the globe among common people through sixty-seven countries over twelve years. She stayed in a harem, wore a burqa, and slept on a sidewalk through the biggest battle in the Algerian War! Questions evoke critical reading and philosophical thought, and the book includes a bibliography of suggestions for further reading.