The Best American Travel Writing 2009 Author:Simon Winchester (Editor) Acclaimed writer Simon Winchester brings his keen literary eye to this year's volume of the finest travel writing from the past year. — Generals in their labyrinth / Patrick Symmes -- — Mind dismembered / Frank Bures -- — Last wild river / Bronwen Dickey -- — Intimacy / AndreÌ Aciman -- — Who is America / Chuck Klosterman -- — Pervert'... more »;s grand tour / Tony Perrottet --
Dip in the cold / Lynne Cox --
Mississippi drift / Matthew Power --
Mecca of the mouse / Seth Stevenson --
Deeds / Tom Sleigh --
Hotels Rwanda / Jay Kirk --
Dragon season / Kiran Desai --
Tigerland / Caroline Alexander --
Lost in the Sahel / Paul Salopek --
My servant / Eric Weiner --
Bolivia's wrestlers / Alma Guillermoprieto --
End of the end of the revolution / Roger Cohen --
By meat alone / Calvin Trillin --
Terminal beauty / Karrie Jacobs --
Tale of two crossings / Mark Schatzker --
Game over, perseverance, all I want is everything / Dimiter Kenarov --
Cabin of my dreams / Patrick Symmes --
Tracking down James Bond / Jay Cowan --
Ecotouring in Honduras / Elisabeth Eaves --
You do not represent the government of the United States of America / Daniel AlarcoÌn« less