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A Really long Walk Connects People

Destination: North America

Photography Website: Walking to Mexico by Jordan Bower

A GUEST POST by Jessica Voights

(Note: When I saw Jessie’s article about Jordan Bower on her web site, I asked her if she would share his wonderful adventure with the readers of A Traveler’s Library. No, it is not a book, but perhaps it will become one.) Continue reading A Really long Walk Connects People

Australia by way of Russia and China

Book Cover-Natasha Down Under
Book Cover

Destination: Australia

Book: Natasha Lands Down Under (a young adult novel), by Katherine McCaughan

GUEST POST by Jessie Voigts

I’ve recently read an extraordinary book, entitled Natasha Lands Down Under. Written by Katherine McCaughan, this book is an intercultural odyssey, set in China and Australia. Natasha Lands Down Under is a compelling read, exploring one Russian family’s migration from China to Australia in the 1950s, through the eyes of a young girl. Continue reading Australia by way of Russia and China

American visits Northern Ireland

 

An Old Castle book cover
Book Cover: An Old Castle

Destination: Northern Ireland

Book Review: Northern Ireland: An Old Castle Standing on a Ford: One Yank’s Life in an Almost Peaceful Belfast (2010) by Caroline Oceana Ryan

A GUEST POST by Kerry Dexter, Music editor at Wandering Educators.com

Caroline Oceana Ryan is an American poet, playwright and travel writer who in 2000 left her life in Los Angeles to live in Belfast, Northern Ireland for six months.
She expected Belfast to be a burned out shell after decades of armed conflict. Continue reading American visits Northern Ireland