The House on Via Gombito: Writing by North American Women AbroadMadelon Sprengnether, Calvin William Truesdale For centuries male writers have used travel as a vehicle and metaphor for self-discovery; in this landmark collection 42 women speak of their own transformations through the experience of travel. The varied accounts describe spiritual journeys, ancestral quests, tales of culture shock, comedy, terror, and more. Photographs and illustrations. |
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... Wall or the " Cottel " in the Old City of Jerusalem . The first time I was there was three weeks ago . I was with three other Americans from the group I had been volunteer- ing with on an army base in the Negev Desert . They had always ...
... Wall or the " Cottel " in the Old City of Jerusalem . The first time I was there was three weeks ago . I was with three other Americans from the group I had been volunteer- ing with on an army base in the Negev Desert . They had always ...
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... WALL IT WAS JULY When Mini and I reached Yorkshire . I called Michael from a phone box outside York Minster . " Come ... wall ? Of course I knew that it was one of the best - preserved medieval walls in Britain . " Pretty Peter ! " And ...
... WALL IT WAS JULY When Mini and I reached Yorkshire . I called Michael from a phone box outside York Minster . " Come ... wall ? Of course I knew that it was one of the best - preserved medieval walls in Britain . " Pretty Peter ! " And ...
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... wall broken only by an enormous wooden door tall enough to ride through on horseback . Passing through the door , you first entered a red- tiled courtyard with a stone fountain in the shape of a lion's head ( sym- bol of St. Mark ) and ...
... wall broken only by an enormous wooden door tall enough to ride through on horseback . Passing through the door , you first entered a red- tiled courtyard with a stone fountain in the shape of a lion's head ( sym- bol of St. Mark ) and ...
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