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Poet’s Travel Book of Rapa Nui

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Tongariki, Rapa Nui. Photograph property of Margaret Randall.

Destination: Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

Book: Their Backs to the Sea(2009) by Margaret Randall

(review copy supplied by Wings Press, San Antonio)

In her journey to Easter Island, the well-traveled Margaret Randall, came to a place more remote than any she had visited or lived in before. The introductory stanzas of [amazon_link id=”0916727610″ target=”_blank” ]Their Backs to the Sea [/amazon_link], imagining the arrival of the ancients who carved the giant totems, spells out the location of Rapa Nui..

Unyielding Pacific, 1,300 miles west of Chile,

1,260 southeast of Pitcairn,

at 27 point 9 south and 109 point 26 west

in the measurements we use today.

a journey of stars beckoned you then,

exhausted but ready,

to this speck of land. Continue reading Poet’s Travel Book of Rapa Nui →

Books for Scotland–Suggested by A Reader

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Hello, and welcome to A Traveler’s Library. If you “stumbled” in to the site, I hope you’ll stick around and find more of your favorite travel destination and the literature or movies that help enhance the traveler’s experience. Please consider subscribing by the RSS or e-mail buttons in the right-hand column. Happy Travels! Added Note: Don’t miss the comment below the post by Alisdair Pettigrew. He came back to tell us more about George Blake. Thanks, Alisdair!

Destination: Scotland

 

The Scottish Flower, Thistle

Books by: H. V. Morton, George Blake, Edwin Muir, Kathleen Jamie, and others.

When I asked for suggestions for books for travelers to ten specific destinations, I put Scotland on the list. Alasdair Pettinger, who edits the valuable Studies in Travel Writing web site, had some definite ideas about Scottish travel literature, and literature about Scotland for travelers.

“I find the most engaging travel books were written in the 1920s and 30s: H. V. Morton, In Search of Scotland (1929) and Continue reading Books for Scotland–Suggested by A Reader →