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A book about the meaning of travel, about how important the topic has been for writers for two and a half centuries, and about how excellent the literature of travel happened to be in England and America in the 1920s and 30s.
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ISBN-13: | 9780199878536 |
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Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Publication date: | 06/17/1982 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | NOOK Book |
File size: | 4 MB |
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