The best American travel writing 2017 /

Presents an anthology of the best travel writing published in 2017, selected from magazines, newspapers, and web sites.

Other Authors: Collins, Lauren (Journalist) (Editor), Wilson, Jason, (Travel writer) (series editor.), Batuman, Elif, 1977- (Contributor), Bissell, Tom, 1974- (Contributor), Elizondo Griest, Stephanie, 1974- (Contributor), Frick-Wright, Peter (Contributor), Hedeman, Jackie (Contributor), Jamison, Leslie, 1983- (Contributor), Kantor, Jodi, 1975- (Contributor), Einhorn, Catrin (Contributor), Kenan, Randall (Contributor), Knafo, Saki (Contributor), Knapp, Gwendolyn (Contributor), Kushner, David, 1968- (Contributor), Lewis-Kraus, Gideon (Contributor), Macfarlane, Robert, 1976-, Mah, Ann (Contributor), Okeowo, Alexis (Contributor), Parks, Tim (Contributor), Puhak, Shelley (Contributor), Rogers, Elizabeth Lindsey, 1985- (Contributor), Schulz, Kathryn (Contributor), Tower, Wells, 1973- (Contributor), Ugwu, Reggie (Contributor), Wyatt, Kim (Contributor)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
Series: Best American series.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Cover story /
  • Elif Batuman
  • My Holy Land vacation /
  • Tom Bissell
  • Chiefing in Cherokee /
  • Stephanie Elizondo Griest
  • Cliffhanger /
  • Peter Frick-Wright
  • The ones who left /
  • Jackie Hedeman
  • The big leap /
  • Leslie Jamison
  • Refugees hear a foreign word: welcome /
  • Jodi Kantor and Catrin Einhorn
  • Finding the forgotten /
  • Randall Kenan
  • Waiting on a whale at the end of the world /
  • Saki Knafo
  • Plum crazy /
  • Gwendolyn Knapp
  • Land of the lost /
  • David Kushner
  • On the road /
  • Gideon Lewis-Kraus
  • The secrets of the wood wide web /
  • Robert Macfarlane
  • Volunteering for the harvest /
  • Ann Mah
  • The away team /
  • Alexis Okeowo
  • A palpable history /
  • Tim Parks
  • Eva, she kill her one daughter /
  • Shelley Puhak
  • One person means alone /
  • Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers
  • Citizen Khan /
  • Kathryn Schulz
  • No amount of traffic or Instagrammers or drunks can take the magic out of (semi-) wilderness /
  • Wells Tower
  • My father's house /
  • Reggie Ugwu
  • The currency of moons /
  • Kim Wyatt.