Morris, Jan (, 1926-)

Coast to coast : a journey across 1950s America / Jan Morris - San Francisco ; Berkeley, Calif. : Travelers' Tales : Distributed by Publishers Group West , c2002. - xii, 281 p. ; 21 cm. - Travelers' Tales classics .

Originally published under title: As I saw the U.S.A. New York : Pantheon, 1956. With new introd.

What's it like to be there? "Travelers' Tales" gives the best possible answer through the true stories of other travelers. Following the recent publication of Jan Morris's final book, here is her very first. Fresh from her success reporting on the first Everest ascent in 1953, she spent a year journeying by car, train, ship, and aircraft across the United States.

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Morris, Jan (, 1926-.)


United States---Description and travel
United States---Social life and customs---20th century

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