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CROWN JOURNEYS
A Series

Crown Journeys, a series of literary travel books, matches interesting writers with interesting places. The writers are all known for their work in other genres: Frank Conroy on Nantucket, Tim Cahill on Yellowstone and Chuck Palahniuk on Portland, among others.  The only rule of the format is that the writers take their journeys on foot.

Here are the results to date.

 
Feet on the Street: Rambles Around New Orleans , Ray Blount, Jr. Wandering Home: A Long Walk Across America's Most Hopeful Landscape:Vermont's Champlain Valley and New York's Adirondacks, Bill McKibben
Never A City So Real: A Walk in Chicago, Alex Kotlowitz Times Magpie: A Walk in Prague, Myla Goldberg
Hallowed Ground: A Walk at Gettysburg, James McPherson The Great Psychedelic Armadillo Picnic: A Walk in Austin, Kinky Friedman
After The Dance: A Walk Through Carnival in Jacmel, Haiti , Edwindge Danticat Land's End: A Walk in Provincetown, Michael Cunningham
Blues City: A Walk in Oakland, Ishamel Reed Lost in My Own Backyard: A Walk in Yellowstone National Park, Tim Cahill
City of the Soul: A Walk in Rome, William Murray Time and Tide: A Walk Through Nantucket, Frank Conroy
Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon, Chuck Palahniuk Washington Schlepped Here: Walking in the Nation's Capital, Christopher Buckley
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