| Eccentric Islands: Travels Real and Imaginary Contributor(s): Holm, Bill (Author) |
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ISBN: 1571312595 ISBN-13: 9781571312594 Publisher: Milkweed Editions OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2001 Annotation: Bill Holm, often called "the bard of the Midwest, " takes readers on an excursion to islands both real and symbolic. He journeys to five physical islands and he travels to conceptual islands Writing with the mind-set of a 19th-century traveler for whom the journey is as important as the destination, Holm appeals to the traveler and the philosopher in everyone. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - Travel | Europe - Iceland & Greenland |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 00023180 |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 6.02" W x 8.98" (1.19 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bill Holm, often called "the bard of the Midwest," takes readers on an excursion to islands both real and symbolic. He journeys to five physical islands: Iceland, Madagascar, Molokai, Isla Mujeres, and Mallard Island. And he travels to conceptual islands, including the Necessary Island of the Imagination, the whimsical Piano Island (located in a man-made lake under the atrium of an upscale hotel in the far interior of China), and the acute isolation of the Island of Pain. Writing with the mind-set of a 19th-century traveler for whom the journey is as important as the destination, Holm appeals to the traveler and the philosopher in everyone. |