Just last week I finished reading my first ebook, A Year Without Make-Up: Tales of a 20-Something Traveler by Stephanie Yoder, on the plane ride to Florida. I decided to buy the book, published by Thought Catalog, after reading a few reviews of it on some of my favorite blogs and I was not disappointed. … Continue reading
For my independent study on the History of Tourism in America, we’ve moved down South with the book: Dixie Emporium: Tourism, Foodways, and Consumer Culture in The American South Edited by Anthony J. Stanonis The book is a collection of essays by historians of tourism and cover topics from the “Horny Hillbilly” souvenir line to … Continue reading
This semester I am doing an independent study in history called “Tourism in Modern America.” I’m studying trends in tourism over the past century in America regionally and just finished my first book for the class. I got to pick the books we would read and I’ll be starting out with two more general ones … Continue reading
