travel

Describes the journey of two skippers, Rich Wilson and his partner, Bill Biewenga, who set sail from San Francisco, navigated around Cape Horn, and arrived in Boston in time to beat the previous speed record, set in 1853.

Details the life and expeditions of Captain James Cook, discussing his childhood, family, exploratory voyages, search for the Northwest Passage, and death.

Contains Henry David Thoreau's personal account of the two-week boating and hiking trip he and his older brother made in the late summer of 1839 from Concord, Massachusetts to the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

Mark Twain's account of his transformation into a Westerner when he joins his brother, a newly appointed federal official in Nevada.

Words and photographs describe the daily lives of typical sharecropper families in the American South.

An account of life on the Mississippi in the old steamboat days and Twain's experiences as a pilot.

The author tells the story of the cross-country flight he and his brother made in 1966 at the ages of seventeen and fifteen, flying from the East coast all the way to California in a rebuilt Piper Cub, and discusses how their father's influence set them on the course to adventure.

The story of Yossi's triumph over the most adverse and frightening circumstances when he ends up alone, except for lora snakes, fire ants, termites, jaguars, and other unwelcoming neighbors, in a jungle in Bolivia.

Reporter Morley Safer returns to Vietnam to explore the battleground, and provides an account of the Vietnam conflict and its lingering effects.

Describes an episode in the life of conservationist John Muir when he was stranded on a glacier with a brave dog, Stickeen.