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Packing Lists Pt. 1: Dreams and Dirt
Did your horse throw ya, buddy?
We investigate what we hope to achieve by literary travel . . . and why our packing cannot prepare us for it!
While the global tourism industry spends billions to shape our eager expectations, what is it that we’re actually so anxious to see? And whatever it is, how likely are we to find it? In this first of two parts, we ask if what we pack in anticipation is to better guarantee our success or to ward us from disappointment. As an example, we read an excerpt from Isabella Bird’s 1879 travelogue, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains. And we…
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