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Holidays in Heck

by: O'Rourke, P. J.

Holidays in Heck

by: O'Rourke, P. J.

ISBN 13:
9780802119858
ISBN 10:
0802119859
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 11/01/2011
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press

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The long-awaited follow up to the classic Holidays in Hell, P.J. O'Rourke's Holidays in Heck is the middle-aged version of his classic travel pieces, featuring far less dangerous journeys to China, Venice, and beyond.

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: A Former War Correspondent Experiences Frightening Vacation Fun	p. 1
Republicans Evolving: The Galapagos Islands, April 2003	p. 7
Monumnetal Generations: The National World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C., June 2004	p. 17
Round on the Ends and "Hi!" in the Middle: Ohio Skiing, February 2005	p. 23
Riding to the Hounds versus Going to the Dogs: Britain after the Hunting Ban, March 2005	p. 35
My EU Vacation: Reading the European Constitution on a French Beach, Guadeloupe, May 2005	p. 53
On First Looking into the Airbus A380: Toulouse, June 2005	p. 59
If You Think Modern Life Is Awful, You Haven't Seen Modern Art: Venice Biennale, July 2005	p. 75
My Wife's Got a Gun: Brays Island Plantation, South Carolina, February 2006	p. 85
A Freedom Ride through China: Spring 2006	p. 95
Side Trip Up the Yangtze: June 2006	p. 127
A Horse of a Different Color: Kyrgyzstan, July 2006	p. 141
Sweet-and-Sour Children and Twice-Fried Parents to Go: Hong Kong, December 2007	p. 159
The Big Stick, or Why I Voted for John McCain: USS Theodore Roosevelt, April 2008	p. 177
White Man Speak with Forked Tongue: The Field Museum, Chicago, May 2008	p. 187
The Decline and Fall of Tomorrow: Disneyland, June 2008	p. 199
A Journey to ... Let's Not Go There: Summer 2008	p. 213
The Seventy-Two-Hour Afghan Expert: Kabul, July 2010	p. 227
Capital Gains: Washington, D.C., August 2010	p. 253
Home Unalone: New Hampshire, March 2011	p. 263
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Holidays in Heck

Holidays in Heck

9780802119858

0802119859

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