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Travel books can inspire you to embark on an epic journey. The glimpses they provided into alien societies presented vantage points from which to view americas shortcomings. Critics have been forecasting the death of travel writing for decades. The oldest university in the englishspeaking world is only a quick day trip away from london. Jun 09, 2017 short piece encapsulating the development of scholarship on travel writing. Australian society of travel writers home facebook.
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