Robert Burgin

Going Places (eBook, PDF)

A Reader's Guide to Travel Narrative

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Successfully navigate the rich world of travel narratives and identify fiction and nonfiction read-alikes with this detailed and expertly constructed guide. Just as savvy travelers make use of guidebooks to help navigate the hundreds of countries around the globe, smart librarians need a guidebook that makes sense of the world of travel narratives. Going Places: A Reader's Guide to Travel Narratives meets that demand, helping librarians assist patrons in finding the nonfiction books that most interest them. It will also serve to help users better understand the genre and their own reading interests. The book examines the subgenres of the travel narrative genre in its seven chapters, categorizing and describing approximately 600 titles according to genres and broad reading interests, and identifying hundreds of other fiction and nonfiction titles as read-alikes and related reads by shared key topics. The author has also identified award-winning titles and spotlighted further resources on travel lit, making this work an ideal guide for readers' advisors as well a book general readers will enjoy browsing.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 604
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781610693851
• Artikelnr.: 38334039

Autorenporträt

ROBERT BURGIN is Professor at North Carolina University's School of Library and Information Sciences. He has contributed articles to a number of books, including The Readers' Advisory Companion (Libraries Unlimited, 2002), which he co-edited with Kenneth Shearer. He is President of the North Carolina Library Association.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1-A Sense of Place
Definition of "A Sense of Place" Appeal of "A Sense of Place" Organization
of the Chapter Classics The Beauty of the Place Landscapes and People Urban
Landscapes Appreciating Nature Endangered Places Consider Starting With
Fiction Read-Alikes Notes References Chapter 2-Quests Definition of
"Quests" Appeal of "Quests" Organization of the Chapter Classics In Search
of Food In Search of History In Search of Legends In Search of a Concept In
the Footsteps of. Consider Starting With. Fiction Read-Alikes Notes
References Chapter 3-The Journey Definition of "The Journey" pApeal of "The
Journey" Organization of the Chapter Classics Healing Odysseys Discovering
One's Self "The Past Is a Foreign Country" Reflective Journeys Return Trips
Family Travel Consider Starting With. Fiction Read-Alikes Note Chapter
4-Getting There Is Half the Fun Definition of "Getting There Is Half the
Fun" Appeal of "Getting There Is Half the Fun" Organization of the Chapter
Classics On Foot On the Rails On the Road On Two Wheels Consider Starting
With. Fiction Read-Alikes Chapter 5-The Expatriate Life Definition of "The
Expatriate Life" Appeal of "The Expatriate Life" Organization of the
Chapter Classics A Year or Two in. Living Abroad Living with Others
Consider Starting With. Fiction Read-Alikes Notes Reference Chapter
6-Travel Humor Definition of "Travel Humor" Appeal of "Travel Humor"
Organization of the Chapter Classics Wit and Wisdom Crazy Ideas Consider
Starting With. Fiction Read-Alikes Note Reference Chapter 7-Travel
Adventure Definition of "Travel Adventure" Appeal of "Travel Adventure"
Organization of the Chapter Classics Thrill Seekers Unexpected Adventures
They Were Heroes Consider Starting With. Fiction Read-Alikes Notes
References Appendix A: Travel Narrative Book Awards Author-Title Index
Place Index Subject Index