Books tagged with Travel[33 found]
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A Yankee in Canada, with Anti-slavery and reform papers
by Henry David Thoreau
Categories: Non-Fiction » Travel
A restless wanderer ventures into Canada, capturing its rugged landscapes and cultural quirks with keen insight. Blending travelogue with fiery essays, he rails against slavery's moral rot and champions reform, urging readers to confront injustice and embrace individual conscience in a world bound by convention.
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Canoeing in the wilderness
by Henry David Thoreau
Categories: Non-Fiction » Travel
A solitary adventurer paddles through Maine’s untamed rivers and lakes, immersed in pristine forests and tranquil waters. With keen eyes, he observes wildlife, native guides, and the raw beauty of the wilderness. This reflective journey, rich with vivid details, celebrates nature’s majesty and the quiet revelations of a soul attuned to the wild’s timeless rhythm in 19th-century America.
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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
by Henry David Thoreau
Categories: Non-Fiction » Travel
Two brothers embark on a week-long boat journey through New England’s rivers, blending vivid nature observations with deep reflections on life, art, and spirituality. Their adventure, rich with poetic musings and encounters with the wild, celebrates the beauty of simplicity and the quest for inner truth
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History of a Six Weeks' Tour Through a Part of France Switzerland Germany and Holland
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Categories: Non-Fiction » Travel
A vivid travel memoir recounts a six-week journey across France, Switzerland, Germany, and Holland. Through keen observation and personal reflection, it captures landscapes, culture, and encounters, offering an intimate glimpse of Europe’s beauty and character in the early 19th century.
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Rambles in Germany and Italy in 1840, 1842, and 1843- vol. 2
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Categories: Non-Fiction » Travel
Continuing a searching journey from the Rhine to the Italian peninsula, these letters weave art, ruins, and restless politics into an intimate travel chronicle. In studios and salons, at crumbling amphitheaters and crowded piazzas, a keen observer weighs beauty against poverty, censorship, and hope, tracing how revolution, memory, and grief reshape a conscience on the road.
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Rambles in Germany and Italy in 1840, 1842, and 1843
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Categories: Non-Fiction » Travel
A keen observer journeys through Rhineland towns and Alpine passes to the sunlit forums of Italy, tracing art, politics, and private grief in the wake of revolution. Letters and sketches mingle with sharp portraits of salons, studios, and ruins, revealing how beauty, history, and restless modernity remake a traveler’s convictions—and the heart that carries them.
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American Notes
by Charles Dickens
Categories: Non-Fiction » Travel
A sharp, witty travelogue of 1840s America, capturing its vibrant cities, wild frontiers, and contradictions like slavery. From steamboats to prisons, the narrator explores the young nation’s democratic zeal and social quirks with humor and critique.
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Italian Hours
by Henry James
Categories: Non-Fiction » Travel
A rich collection of essays captures the landscapes, art, and daily life of Italy. Through keen observation, reflection, and literary elegance, it offers vivid impressions of cities, countryside, and culture, blending travel writing with profound insight.
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
Categories: Non-Fiction » Travel
A rebellious boy and a runaway slave forge an unlikely bond, drifting down the Mississippi River on a rickety raft. Through wild escapades and encounters with swindlers, feuds, and kind-hearted strangers, they confront the hypocrisy and cruelty of a divided society, finding freedom and humanity in their shared journey. A vibrant tale of friendship and moral awakening
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The Innocents Abroad
by Mark Twain
Categories: Non-Fiction » Travel
A band of American sightseers sails across the Atlantic and Mediterranean, charging into Old World ruins, relics, and rituals with loud curiosity and sharper jokes. Letters home skewer guides, monarchs, and holy souvenirs, while wonder keeps breaking through the satire. A comic travelogue where naiveté and nerve meet history—and every landmark earns a punchline.
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A Tramp Abroad
by Mark Twain
Categories: Non-Fiction » Travel
A roguish American traveler wanders through Europe’s heart, from the Alps to Italy, with a sharp eye and sharper wit. His misadventures—climbing peaks, dodging scams, and mocking cultural quirks—paint a hilarious portrait of 19th-century travel. Blending satire and vivid sketches, this journey celebrates the absurdities of human nature and the charm of a world seen through a skeptic’s lens.
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Following the Equator
by Mark Twain
Categories: Non-Fiction » Travel
A vivid travel narrative chronicling a journey around the world, blending adventure, humor, and keen social observation. Through encounters with diverse cultures, landscapes, and people, it offers sharp insights into humanity, society, and the quirks of life across the globe.
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Roughing It
by Mark Twain
Categories: Non-Fiction » Travel
A young greenhorn heads West and tumbles into stagecoach jolts, desert mirages, silver-mine stampedes, and newspaper shenanigans. From rough camps and vigilantes to Mormon parlors and the Sandwich Islands’ surf, mishaps pile into tall tales and hard-earned truths, charting how a carefree drifter is forged—by hunger, luck, and laughter—into a storyteller of the frontier.
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