A Woman's World - True Stories of World Travel

This illustrated collection of inspirational travel and adventure tales includes stories by Gretel Ehrlich, Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, Helen Thayer, Mary Morris, and more. Readers ride across the steppes of Mongolia on horseback with Lynn Ferrin; experience a spiritual awakening with Jean Shinoda Bolen at Chartres Cathedral; raft a wild jungle river in Borneo with a menopausal Tracy Johnston; and join Pam Houston as she weathers a blizzard while camping in the Utah mountains. Spanning the generations with travel stories about the rewards of risk taking and making dreams a reality, A Woman's World is the winner of the Lowell Thomas Gold Medal for Best Travel Book.

Product details

• Assisted by: Marybeth Bond (Editor)
• Publisher: Travelers' Tales, Incorporated
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2003
• EAN: 9781885211958
• ISBN: 978-1-885211-95-8
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 203 mm x 132 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 480 g
• Illustrations: B&W illustrations, Maps; B&W illustrations, Maps
• Series: Travelers' Tales Guides
• Subject: Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales