A blend of travel, history, political observation and personal experience, this work features the journeys the author has made throughout the world for over 20 years. It describes his crossing of Poland by bicycle, bullfights in Mexico City, a visit to the battlefield at Guadalcanal, and a trip to Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan.
1. Scenes from a Fatherhood 2. Globetrotting 3. Guadalcanal 4. Russian Rublette 5. Abroad 6. Going for the Gold 7. Life with Father 8. Cleaning Up After the Dirty War 9. A Jour with the Tour 10. Dealing with Russia 11. To Baku and Back 12. Moving to Europe 13. Letter from Serbia 14. Gray Footsteps in Northern Ireland 15. Firewalking in Fiji 16. The Playing Fields of Terrorism 17. The Road to Petra 18. Old South Africa 19. Traveling the Afghan Archipelago 20. The Night Train to Prague 21. South Korean Crossroads 22. Hello Again to All That 23. The State of America's Newspapers 24. The Capital of Underdevelopment 25. America Unplugged 26. Peleliu 27. American Notes
Matthew Stevenson was born in New York and grew up on Long Island. His first job was at Harper's magazine, where he was associate editor. He remains a contributing editor to Harper's and writes for several diverse publications including American Scholar, Vanity Fair and the American Spectator. He is also author of Mentioned in Dispatches.
Matthew Stevenson is humane, percipient, witty and well-informed
about a bewildering number of subjects. He also writes like a
dream.
*The Guardian*
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