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    French ghosts, Russian nights, and American outlaws : souvenirs of a professional vagabond / Susan Spano.
    by Spano, Susan.
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    Berkeley, California : Roaring Forties Press, c2014.
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  • Spano, Susan -- Travel.
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  • Spano, Susan -- Philosophy.
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  • Voyages and travels.
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  • Women travelers -- Biography.
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  • Travel -- Psychological aspects.
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    9781938901249 (paperback : alkaline paper) :
    193890124X (paperback : alkaline paper)
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    xv, 190 pages ; 21 cm
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    "Susan Spano, America's original Frugal Traveler, explores some of the most romantic, most exotic, and wildest corners of the world in this captivating collection of her best-loved pieces. French Ghosts, Russian Nights, and American Outlaws : Souvenirs of a Professional Vagabond takes the reader on magical trips, when everything conspired to make a place unforgettable, like a temple in Java at sunrise or an ice hotel in the Artic Circle at sunset. In some of the stories, Susan finds the kind of enlightenment that only travel can provide by following in the footsteps of luminaries such as Federico Fellini, Julia Child, and Chairman Mao. Other stories are about travel itself: how it became Susan's passion and calling; how it fed her incurably restless spirit; how it inspired her philosophy of travel and life: Go forth and find meaning. Take a condemned cable car over the Yangtze River or a shared taxi over the Andes with a leaking gas tank and chain-smoking driver. Eat oysters and drink martinis wherever you can. And, as often as possible, come home with a tan"--
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