Travel
- Explorations in Nature and Travel
- Pioneering Journeys: Memoirs of Exploration
- Journeys Through History
- Epic Journeys of Exploration
- Philosophical Travelogues
Our National Parks
This book is a collection of sketches first published in the Atlantic Monthly magazine and gathered into book form in 1901. The focus here i…
The White Heart of Mojave
"The White Heart of the Mojave" recounts a 1920's adventure "in the wind and sun and big spaces" of Death Valley by two …
Anything Once
An unlikely pair of wanderers they were; the orphan girl Lou and her travelling partner Jim Botts. Jim appeared in need of following some ap…
The Sea and the Jungle
Considered one of the greatest travel narratives, The Sea and the Jungle is H.M. Tomlinson's firsthand account of the first journey of an En…
The Alps, the Danube and the Near East
Journeying through many countries including Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Switzerland and Greece, the author gives an in-depth account of many …
Carpenter's World Travels
Travel stories of the land "Down Under" from 100 years ago. Native life and scenery and commerce of islands such as Tonga and Fiji…
The South Pole
In contrast to Scott's South Pole expedition, Amundsen's expedition benefited from good equipment, appropriate clothing, and a fundamentally…
The Gentle Art of Tramping
Stephen Graham tramped extensively around pre-revolutionary Russia, and with immigrants as they landed on the East coast of America and spre…
The Book of the Ocean
The Book of the Ocean is precisely what its title promises. It contains a rather broad overview of all topics connected to the ocean, such a…
Gleanings in Buddha Fields
Lafcadio Hearn was one of the first Westerners to live in Japan during the early Meiji era, and a prolific writer. Although chiefly known fo…
Three Gringos in Venezuela
In the 1890's, three American adventurers in search of warmer weather explore Central and South American cities by steamship and on horsebac…
Man-of-War Life
In 1844, Charles Nordhoff joined the U.S. Navy at the young age of 14. He describes his around-the-world adventure as a young sailor aboard …
Carpenter's Geographical Reader
Fascinating book for all ages telling of travels through Africa over 100 years ago. Covering the continent by steamer and train and other mo…
In the Oregon Country
This little book does not undertake to present a comprehensive account of our westernmost States, or even of the Oregon Country. It is inten…
Vagabonding Down The Andes
Sometime in the latter half of 1911, Harry A. Franck jumped out of a box-car and crossed the Rio Grande, from Laredo. Thus began a journey, …
The Innocents Abroad
The Innocents Abroad is Mark Twain's witty and insightful account of his travels through Europe and the Holy Land in 1866. As he embarks on …
The Adventures of a Woman Hobo
Ethel and Dan Lynn wed in San Francisco in the immediate aftermath of the 1906 earthquake. The young couple soon moved to Chicago where she …
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan is a collection of essays by Lafcadio Hearn detailing his first impressions of the country he found so fascinat…
Africa, O Africa
This is the story of Louise Robinson Chapman, a missionary in Africa. From 1920 until 1940 she ministered to the dark continent, coming to t…
In Kent with Charles Dickens
By his own admission, Thomas Frost found it hard to make a living from his writing, and no doubt he used the name of Dickens in the title of…