Journeys home inspiring stories, plus tips and strategies to find your family history
"Actor and award-winning travel writer Andrew McCarthy discovers his ancestry in a compelling narrative that combines 26 intriguing and heartfelt stories about discovering home and roots with tips and recommendations on how to begin your own explorations. Addressing the explosive growth in ance...
| Corporate Authors: | National Geographic Society (U.S.) |
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| Other Authors: | McCarthy, Andrew, 1962-, Maynard, Joyce, 1953-, Iyer, Pico., Johnson, Diane, 1934- |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Geographic,
[2015]
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Table of Contents:
- Ireland : a restless pull /
- by Andrew McCarthy
- Angola and Virginia : traveling to the truth /
- by Joe Mozingo
- Argentina : an accident of history /
- by Alex Bellos
- Cambodia : the reluctant traveler /
- by Nawuth Keat with Martha Kendall
- British Columbia, Canada : sun and shadows /
- by Joyce Maynard
- Ontario, Canada : secrets and spirits /
- by Tiffany Thornton
- Croatia : a year of living differently /
- by Jennifer Wilson
- Cuba : indefinite voluntary departure /
- by Juan Jose Valdes
- Czech Republic : the mandolin's story /
- by Joseph Hurka
- England : another uncertain voyage /
- by Jim Eagles
- Germany : the never-ending story /
- by Joe Yogerst
- India : an Indian summer /
- by Pico Iyer
- Japan : of deserts and rice paddies /
- by Edward Iwata
- Laos and Vietnam : the birthday present /
- by Thomas Fuller
- Mexico : my insurgent granny /
- by Peter McBride
- Norway : following the son /
- by Dave Hage
- Peru : my year of magical thinking /
- by Maria Arana
- The Philippines and California : MacArthur, my mother, and me /
- by Barbara A. Noe
- Poland : where old and new worlds collide /
- by Nina Strochlic
- Russia : a warm Cold War reunion /
- by Hilary Mandelberg
- Scotland : finding William /
- by Andrew Evans
- Sicily, Italy : a hunger for family /
- by ReneĢe Restivo
- Taiwan, Republic of China : the eighth sister /
- by Mei-Ling Hopgood
- Tanzania : my family, my tribe /
- by Donovan Webster
- Ulster, Ireland, and Northern Ireland : three-generations, one distant family history /
- by Liz Beatty
- Illinois, United States : a heartland history /
- by Diane Johnson
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