Novel destinations : a travel guide to literary landmarks from Jane Austen's Bath to Ernest Hemingway's Key West / Shannon McKenna Schmidt & Joni Rendon ; foreword by Matthew Pearl.

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Title:

ISBN:

9781426217807

Personal Author:

Schmidt, Shannon McKenna, 1971-

Edition:

Second edition.

Publication Information:

Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2017]

Physical Description:

x, 381 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

General Note:

Includes indexes.

Contents:

Read 'em and see: Author houses and museums -- Novel dispatches: Writers at home and abroad -- Literary festivals, tours, and more -- Booked up: Literary places to drink, dine, and doze -- Journeys between the pages.

Summary:

Follow in the footsteps of much loved authors, discover the landscapes that sparked their imaginations, and learn behind-the-scenes stories in this second edition of Novel Destinations. Across more than 500 literary locales in the United States, Europe, and elsewhere, experience famous authors' homes, book festivals, literary walking tours, lodgings, restaurants, bars for bibliophiles, and much more.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Intellectual life -- Guidebooks.

Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- Guidebooks.

Europe -- Intellectual life -- Guidebooks

Subject Term:

Literary landmarks--United States -- Guidebooks.

Literary landmarks--Great Britain -- Guidebooks

Literary landmarks--Europe -- Guidebooks

Authors, American -- Homes and haunts--United States -- Guidebooks.

Authors, English -- Homes and haunts--Great Britain -- Guidebooks.

Genre:

Guidebooks