Browsing Archive: November, 2009

The Lost Continent

Posted by Jason Hussong on Thursday, November 19, 2009,
It's no secret that I'm a fan of Bill Bryson's writing. I have yet to find a book of his that I don't like, even mildly, and don't suspect that I will either. The most recent book of his I've read, one of his earliest works - The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America - is perhaps my favorite though. I had a difficult time putting it down and am sure that I'll read it again before the new year.

The Lost Continent reminded me, as I turned the pages, of the roadtrips I grew up on as...

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Surviving Paradise: One Year on a Disappearing Island

Posted by Jason Hussong on Tuesday, November 3, 2009,
Reclining on my sofa I stole occasional glimpses out the window in between chapters; Denver was getting dumped on by Mother Nature in a serious way. Approximately 20" of snow covered the ground outside my home and it was still coming down. It almost seemed masochistic to read Peter Rudiak-Gould's first book, Surviving Paradise: One Year on a Disappearing Island, about his time spent teaching English in the tropical Marshall Islands.

Rudiak-Gould traveled to Ujae, a Marshall Island, where...

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