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Looking for Travel Companions Who Fit in Your Carry-On?Gordon Jackson Assembles Travel Quotes To Float Your Boat(Branford, CT) Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could bring several hundred witty and wise travel companions along on your next trip, just by slipping them into your carry-on? After all, “a journey is best measured in friends rather than miles,” according to travel writer Tim Cahill. Gordon S. Jackson lets you do just that in his recently released book, The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful: Quotations for the Thoughtful Traveler ($15.95, The Intrepid Traveler). Jackson, a college professor of media studies and journalism and a serial compiler of quotations, has gathered together the collected wisdom of nearly 450 globe-trotting travelers, from intrepid adventurers to trepidatious schleppers, to answer the age-old question: Why do we travel? As you might expect, the answers are as varied as Jackson’s sources, who range from the sages of the ancient world (“Voyage, travel and change impart vigor.” – Seneca) to contemporary observers of the human condition (“Despite all the progress that has been made in the last thirty years, many foreign people still speak in foreign languages.” – Dave Barry). Jackson calls on the wisdom of renowned world travelers like Mark Twain, who famously noted that “travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness,” but he also finds time to acknowledge the insights of unsung voyagers like the unidentified Eastern Airlines pilot who, speaking de profundis, gave voice to a sentiment shared by many – “I’m fed up with it. I’m sick and tired of the delays, tired of waiting. I’m hanging it up. You can have it. This is my last flight.” And yet inveterate travelers will continue to “lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies” (Jack Kerouac), knowing that “all the shores of the earth are but as doors of an inn” (Lawrence Binyon) and that “to travel is to possess the world” (Burton Holmes). Here is a book to help lighten the load of any journey. Travelers of all stripes and temperaments will find solace and satisfaction — and more than a few chuckles — in the pages of The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful. With its witty title and compact size, just perfect for slipping into an attaché case or backpack, the book makes a tempting gift for globe-trotting friends. Arranged thematically, with an author index and a guide to additional resources, the book is illustrated with cartoons from the New Yorker collection, adding an extra layer of sardonic humor to the world of travel which, as one author reminds us, bears a close and uncomfortable etymological relationship with the word travail. Whether you are leaving on a jet plane or riding through the desert on a horse with no name, The Weather is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful has the perfect quotation to capture your mood at home and abroad. # # #
The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful is available in bookstores nationwide, from online bookstores, by calling 203-469-0214, or by visiting www.IntrepidTraveler.com Published by The Intrepid Traveler Please send two copies of any printed review or mention to Please send a link to digital reviews or mentions to To request a review copy of The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful, or for any additional information: Contact Sally Bahner at The Intrepid Traveler
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