Getting About: Travel Writings of William F. Buckley Jr. by Bill Meehan
Well known as a political commentator and the author of sixteen novels, William F. Buckley Jr. was also a superb chronicler of travel. Getting About gathers more than one hundred of his articles about journeys by boat, train, or plane, representing a lifetime of adventure around the world—from Annapolis to Zurich, from the Azores to the Virgin Islands.

Train Beyond the Mountains: Journeys on the Rocky Mountaineer by Rick Antonson
A captivating journey blending memoir, history, and biography that takes the reader on one of the world's most famous trains and tells of carving the dramatic route it follows, while pondering other international railways through the eyes of travelers past and present.

The Last Ride of the Pony Express: My 2,000-mile Horseback Journey into the Old West by Will Grant
For readers of Rinker Buck, Bill Bryson, and Larry McMurtry, The Last Ride of the Pony Express boldly illuminates America's mysterious and complex connection to the iconic Pony Express. With two horses, cowboy and journalist Will Grant takes us on an epic and authentic horseback journey into the modern West on an adventure of a lifetime. 

Coffee First, Then the World: One Woman's Record-breaking Pedal Around the Planet by Jenny Graham
In 2018, amateur cyclist Jenny Graham left family and friends behind in Scotland to become the fastest woman to cycle around the world. Alone and unsupported, she crossed the finish line at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin four months later, smashing the female record by nearly three weeks.  With infectious wit and honesty, Jenny brings readers into her remarkable Round the World adventure, as she takes on four continents, 16 countries – and countless cups of coffee.

Happy Isles of Oceania by Paul Theroux
The author of The Mosquito Coast recounts his journey to the islands of the Pacific, describing the people, landscape, and wildlife he encounters in New Zealand, Australia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Fiji.

Dispatches from Pluto: Lost and Found in the Mississippi Delta by Richard Grant
Richard Grant and his girlfriend were living in a shoebox apartment in New York City when they decided on a whim to buy an old plantation house in the Mississippi Delta. Dispatches from Pluto, winner of the Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize, is their journey of discovery into this strange and wonderful American place. Imagine A Year in Provence with alligators and assassins, or Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil with hunting scenes and swamp-to-table dining.

What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding: A Memoir by Kristin Newman
A part storytelling, part self-reflection memoir from a television comedy writer follows her many adventures around the world in an attempt to escape her fear of commitment and settling down.

Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez
This bestselling, groundbreaking exploration of the Far North is a classic of natural history, anthropology, and travel writing.  Winner of the National Book Award.

Around the World on a Bicycle by Fred A. Birchmore
This classic, once hard-to-find travelogue recalls one of the very first around-the-world bicycle treks. Filled with rarely matched feats of endurance and determination, Around the World on a Bicycle tells of a young cyclist’s ever-changing and maturing worldview as he ventures through forty countries on the eve of World War II. It is an exuberant, youthful account, harking back to a time when the exploits of Richard Byrd, Amelia Earhart, and other adventurers stirred the popular imagination.

Walking with Sam: A Father, a Son, and Five Hundred Miles Across Spain by Andrew McCarthy
An intimate, funny, and poignant travel memoir following New York Times bestselling author and actor Andrew McCarthy as he walks the Camino de Santiago with his son Sam.

A Civil War Road Trip of a Lifetime: Antietam, Gettysburg, and Beyond by John Banks
Over more than a year, John Banks crisscrossed the country, exploring battlefields, historic houses, forts, and more. He rode on the back of an ATV with his “psychotic connection” in Mississippi, went under the spell of an amateur hypnotist at a U.S. Army fort in Tennessee, admired a sunset from the grounds of the notorious Andersonville prison camp in Georgia, prayed during a tense boat ride in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina, and briefly interviewed Louie the wild boar in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. Join him on a road trip like no other.

American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal by Neil King, Jr.
A stunning, revelatory memoir about a 330-mile walk from Washington, D.C., to New York City—an unforgettable pilgrimage to the heart of America across some of our oldest common ground.

Announcement of New Leadership at Collier County Public Library
 

Catherine Cowser (Division Director)

Rosemary LaBarge (Assistant Division Director).

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