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Eccentric Islands: Travels Real and Imaginary Paperback - 2001 - 1st Edition

by Bill Holm

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Bill Holm, often called "the bard of the Midwest, " takes readers on an excursion to islands both real and symbolic. He journeys to five physical islands and he travels to conceptual islands Writing with the mind-set of a 19th-century traveler for whom the journey is as important as the destination, Holm appeals to the traveler and the philosopher in everyone.

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Bill Holm, often called "the bard of the Midwest," takes readers on an excursion to islands both real and symbolic.

Like a modern-day literary Darwin, Bill Holm travels to Isla Mujeres, an exceptional island east of the Yucatn Peninsula; Moloka'i, whose history is graced by the example of Father Damien; Iceland, with a human genetic code nearly unmatched in its purity; Madagascar, an island of musical and botanical eccentricities; and Mallard Island, tucked in Rainy Lake, near the Canadian border. He also visits islands of ideas, including the Necessary Island of the Imagination, the Piano Island--located in the man-made lake under the atrium sky of an upscale hotel in the far interior of China--and the acute isolation of the Island of Pain.

Writing with the mindset of a 19th-century traveler for whom the journey is as important as the destination, Holm appeals to the traveler and the philosopher in everyone.

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Or call me Holm.

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  • Title Eccentric Islands: Travels Real and Imaginary
  • Author Bill Holm
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Milkweed Editions, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2001-08-28
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781571312594 / 1571312595
  • Weight 1.19 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.98 x 6.02 x 1.05 in (22.81 x 15.29 x 2.67 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Scandinavian
  • Category Travel - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Islands, Holm, Bill - Travel
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 00023180
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • Kirkus Review - Children, 08/15/2001, Page 1213
  • Voice of Youth Advocates, 12/01/2001, Page 359
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