The Best American Travel Writing

Brief Description: A collection of the best travel writing pieces published in American periodicals during 2009. Publisher Marketing: Edited by "The New Yorker"'s Bill Buford, the pieces collected here "prove that a restless, intrepid spirit isn't unwelcome to American readers" ("New York Times Book Review"). Review Citations:

Booklist 09/15/2010 pg. 21 (EAN 9780547333359, Paperback)

Publishers Weekly 01/10/2011 (EAN 9780547333359, Paperback)

Contributor Bio:  Buford, Bill BILL BUFORD is an author and a staff writer for The New Yorker, as well as the founding editor of Granta, which he edited for sixteen years. His books include Among the Thugs and Heat: An Amateur s Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany.