Most people don't get the opportunity to circumnavigate the globe. Michael Pearson has had the good fortune to do it twice. As a two-term professor in the Semester at Sea Program, Pearson journeyed by ship in 2002 and 2006 to such countries as Japan, China, Vietnam, India, Myanmar, Egypt, Turkey, South Africa, and Cuba. In Innocents Abroad Too he shares his experiences and candid impressions, transporting the reader from bustling streets outside Shanghai's City God's Temple to the Masai Mara plain.

Along the way Pearson provides a literary journey, enriching his encounters with descriptions of the great books and great writers who have also brought the world closer to their readers. These touchstones are combined with journalistic sketches of the people and places he visits and Pearson's thoughtful meditations on the significance of travel and the importance of encountering the new. In the rich tradition of travel literature, Innocents Abroad Too offers a blend of experience and imagination, worlds familiar and strange.

Author: Michael Pearson
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 10/21/2008
Pages: 260
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.38w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780815609094


Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2009 pg. 303

About the Author
Michael Pearson teaches creative writing in the MFA program at Old Dominion University. His books include Dreaming of Columbus: A Boyhood in the Bronx and the novel Shohola Falls, both published by Syracuse University Press.