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The tao of travel: enlightenments from lives on the road
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Published:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2011.
Physical Desc:
xii, 285 pages : ill., col. maps ; 21 cm.
Status:
Courtland
910.4 T412t 2011
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910.4 T412t 2011

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A collection of writings from Paul Theroux's fifty years of travel. Included are writings from other travelers such as Charles Dickens, Eudora Welty, Anton Chekhov, Ernest Hemingway and many others.

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9780547336916, 0547336918

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Maps on endpapers.
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Includes index.
Description
A collection of writings from Paul Theroux's fifty years of travel. Included are writings from other travelers such as Charles Dickens, Eudora Welty, Anton Chekhov, Ernest Hemingway and many others.

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APA Citation (style guide)

Theroux, P. (2011). The tao of travel: enlightenments from lives on the road. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Theroux, Paul. 2011. The Tao of Travel: Enlightenments From Lives On the Road. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Theroux, Paul, The Tao of Travel: Enlightenments From Lives On the Road. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.

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Theroux, Paul. The Tao of Travel: Enlightenments From Lives On the Road. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.

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