Ebook: Off the beaten page: the best trips for lit lovers, book clubs, and girls on getaways

Blending literature and travel, this book offers a look at 15 U.S. destinations featured in the works of famous writers. Designed as a guide to help avid bibliophiles experience, in person, the places they've only read about, award-winning journalist Terri Peterson Smith takes readers on lively tours that include a Mark Twain inspired steamboat cruise on the Mississippi, a Devil in the White City view of Chicago in the Gilded Age, a voyage through the footsteps of the immigrants and iconoclasts of San Francisco, and a look at low country Charleston's rich literary tradition. With advice on planning stress-free group travel and lit trip tips for novices, this resource also features beyond the book experiences, such as Broadway shows, Segway tours, and kayaking, making it a one-of-a-kind reference for anyone who wants to extend the experience of a great read.;The next chapter : taking reading from the living room into the world -- Literary travel basics. Literary travel : lit, landscape, and laughs ; How to avoid a temperamental journey ; Short story : lit trips in your own backyard -- Reading East to West. Boston : on land and sea ; Newport, Rhode Island ; postcards from the Gilded Age ; New York City : if I can make it there ; Charleston : a new look at the Old South ; Miami : beach reading ; Minneapolis and St. Paul : up to the lake ; Chicago : the tales of two architects ; Memphis : rollin' on the river ; New Orleans : where piety runs parallel with desire ; Boulder : breathless in Boulder ; Austin : buckaroos and bohemians : Santa Fe : the archbishop comes to life ; Seattle : wearing layers ; San Francisco : immigrants and iconoclasts, poets and seekers ; Santa Monica : sun and shadow -- Appendix. Book festivals across the country ; Just one love : author societies ; Connecting to fellow readers.