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Marco Polo Didn't Go There: Stories and Revelations from One Decade as a Postmodern Travel Writer
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Marco Polo Didn't Go There: Stories and Revelations from One Decade as a Postmodern Travel Writer

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Marco Polo Didn't Go There chronicles the adventures and misadventures of travel author Rolf Potts in astute and entertaining prose.

  • Author: Rolf Potts
  • Softcover; 324 pages; black-and-white illustrations
  • Travelers' Tales; copyright 2008

For the past 10 years, Rolf Potts has taken his keen travel sensibility into the far reaches of 5 continents for publications such as National Geographic Traveler, Salon.com and The New York Times Magazine. This book documents his boldest, funniest, and most revealing journeys—from getting stranded without water in the Libyan Desert, to crashing the set of a Leonardo DiCaprio movie in Thailand, to learning the secrets of Tantra in a dubious Indian ashram.

Marco Polo Didn't Go There is more than just an entertaining journey into fascinating corners of the world. It is a unique window into travel writing, with each chapter containing a "commentary track"—endnotes that reveal the ragged edges behind the experience and creation of each tale. Offbeat and insightful, this book is an engrossing read for students of travel writing as well as armchair wanderers.

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