The best American travel writing 2002 edited and with introduction by Frances Mayes ; series editor, Jason Wilson. - Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2002. - 351 p. ; 22 cm. - The Best American series. .

Roman hours / Andre Aciman -- Below Canal Street / Scott Anderson -- Sovereigns from the sky / Stephen Bodio -- Throw junior from the car / William Booth -- Postcards from the fair / Kevin Kanty -- a rio runs through it / Rod Davis -- Thirteen ways of looking at a void / Michael Finkel -- Forty years in Acapulco / Devin Friedman -- Beyond the end of the road / Laurence Gonzales -- The city and the pillars / Adam Gopnik -- Soul food / Jim Harrison -- Slow flying stones / Kate Hennessy -- Visiting Norah / Edward Hoagland -- The scent of two cities / Kathleen Lee. In the land of the white rajahs / Lawrence Millman -- Lambs of God and the new math / Toni Mirosevich -- Ancient roads, walled cities / Tom Mueller -- Where the bee sucks / Elizabeth Nickson -- Home for dinner / Molly O'Neill -- Zion's vital signs / P.J. O'Rourke -- Spain in a minor key / Tony Perrottet -- Making rain /Kira Salak -- The man upstairs / David Sedaris -- Stolen blessings / Thomas Swick -- Spetses, Greece / Isabella Tree -- The fist of God / Kate Wheeler.

A collection of 26 selections chosen from newspapers and periodicals.

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Travel--Periodicals--Excerpts.
Travel writing, American.