My favourite American travel books

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The Maine Woods (Writings of Henry D.Thoreau)
1.  The Maine Woods (Writings of Henry D.Thoreau) by Henry David Thoreau
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  "Wonderful account of Thoreau's travels in Maine, showing his visionary understanding of the environment (and slightly dodgy attitude to Indians..)"
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The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America
2.  The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America by Bill Bryson
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  "One of my all time favourite books of any genre, very funny but also very insightful about the way America has changed in recent years"
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Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Western Wilderness
3.  Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Western Wilderness by Stephen E. Ambrose
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  "Excellent account of the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery's exploration of the West"
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Blue Highways: A Journey into America
4.  Blue Highways: A Journey into America by William Least Heat-Moon
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  "A journey through the back roads of America"
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Travels with Charley: In Search of America (Penguin Modern Classics)
5.  Travels with Charley: In Search of America (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Steinbeck
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  "The sixty year old John Steinbeck sets out to rediscover his native land in a camper van with his dog Charlie"
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On the Road (Penguin Modern Classics)
6.  On the Road (Penguin Modern Classics) by Jack Kerouac
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  "A modern classic indeed"
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The Road to McCarthy
7.  The Road to McCarthy by Pete McCarthy
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  "Pete McCarthy tracks down McCarthys in New York, Alaska (and Morocco?!?)"
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The Autobiography of a Super-tramp (Oxford Paperbacks)
8.  The Autobiography of a Super-tramp (Oxford Paperbacks) by William Henry Davies
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  "British poet bums his way through the US"
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A Walk In The Woods
9.  A Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson
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  "Bill Bryson again with an account of walking the  Appalachian Trail"
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Travels (Literature of the American Wilderness)
10.  Travels (Literature of the American Wilderness) by William Bartram
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  "Probably one of the first American travels books"
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