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Innocents Abroad Too: Journeys Around the World on Semester at Sea
Michael Pearson
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Description for Innocents Abroad Too: Journeys Around the World on Semester at Sea
Hardcover. Presents the author's experiences and impressions, transporting the reader from bustling streets outside Shanghai's City God Temple to the Masai Mara plain. This title provides a literary journey, enriching his encounters with descriptions of the great books and great writers who have also brought the world closer to their readers. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 503.
Most people don’t get the opportunity to circumnavigate the globe. Michael Pearson has had the good fortune to do it twice. As a two-term professor in the Semester at Sea Program, Pearson journeyed by ship in 2002 and 2006 to such countries as Japan, China, Vietnam, India, Myanmar, Egypt, Turkey, South Africa, and Cuba. In Innocents Abroad Too he shares his experiences and candid impressions transporting the reader to bustling streets outside Shanghai’s City God Temple to the Serengeti Plain.
Along the way Pearson provides a literary journey, enriching his encounters with descriptions of the great books and great ... Read more
Most people don’t get the opportunity to circumnavigate the globe. Michael Pearson has had the good fortune to do it twice. As a two-term professor in the Semester at Sea Program, Pearson journeyed by ship in 2002 and 2006 to such countries as Japan, China, Vietnam, India, Myanmar, Egypt, Turkey, South Africa, and Cuba. In Innocents Abroad Too he shares his experiences and candid impressions transporting the reader to bustling streets outside Shanghai’s City God Temple to the Serengeti Plain.
Along the way Pearson provides a literary journey, enriching his encounters with descriptions of the great books and great ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815609094
SKU
V9780815609094
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Ref
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About Michael Pearson
Michael Pearson teaches creative writing in the MFA program at Old Dominion University. His books include Dreaming of Columbus: A Boyhood in the Bronx and the novel Shohola Falls, both published by Syracuse University Press.
Reviews for Innocents Abroad Too: Journeys Around the World on Semester at Sea
Innocents Abroad Too is not only a compelling narrative of traveling around the world. It is an enlightening and delightful look into great literature, mostly by writers who, like Pearson, embraced the adventure of the voyage, on the road and on the high seas, in vivid and highly informative prose." - Lee Gutkind, editor of In Fact: The Best of ... Read more