{"product_id":"getting-about-9781641773171","title":"Getting About","description":"\u003cp class=\"BodyA\"\u003e\u003ca\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWell known as a political commentator and the author of sixteen novels, William F. Buckley Jr. was also a superb chronicler of travel. \u003ci\u003eGetting About\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"BodyA\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn elegant jet-setter with a flair for literary journalism, Buckley had few rivals in the art of travel writing. He took first place in the Magazine Article on Foreign Travel category in the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition for eight pieces written while \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConcording around the world” in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1989. A master storyteller, he adeptly \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewove devices of fiction together with reportage to craft entertaining pieces full of exuberance and authority\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Being a Bach afficionado, he composed his sentences for a well-tuned ear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"BodyA\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBuckley’s talent for arranging a \u003ci\u003emise-en-sc\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"IT\"\u003eè\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003ene\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e stands out in accounts of riding the Orient Express, skiing at Alta, or vacationing at Barbuda. Though himself a central character in the story, he never dominates it. He wrote candidly about travel misadventures, as when his sixty-foot schooner broke down in the Bahamas and was towed to Miami by a Coast Guard cutter, or when a malfunctioning compass landed his boat on a rocky shoal off Rhode Island and the Coast Guard said, “Sorry, we can’t help you.” He also took a gimlet eye to the travel industry and a discriminating palate to airline food, suggesting that airports sell “a \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e good box lunch” with celery \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"FR\"\u003e\u003ci\u003erémoulade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, fresh figs, and a nice Bordeaux.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"BodyA\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGetting About\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is pure enjoyment, but it also broadens the significance of Buckley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003es \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"FR\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eœuvre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Along with Bill Meehan’s illuminating introduction,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethis delightful collection helps preserve Buckley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"RTL\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003es legacy as his centenary, in 2025, approaches.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bill Meehan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48170287726843,"sku":"9781641773171","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_b6991ddf-f345-4044-a059-4c9a5c791a61.jpg?v=1770639757","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/getting-about-9781641773171","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}