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FROM: "SHARRON SMITH" <[removed]@kpl.org>
REC'D: 10/19/99, 2:39 PM

Please help!

I have an elderly patron who wants to read "nice adventure" stories. She is
very specific about not wanting either romance or espionage, no guns and no
"saga type" books. She is not keen on mysteries but rather a story about
someone taking a trip and the adventures along the way.

I went back to a booklist on Road Novels and the list on Travelogues but
nothing seemed to appeal.

TIA
Sharron Smith
Readers' Advisory Librarian
Kitchener Public Library

FROM: "Mary Van Dyke" <[removed]@CLSN3046.glenview.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 10/19/99, 3:37 PM

Blue Highways by Wm. Least Heat Moon.

Mary Van Dyke
Glenview(IL) Public Library

FROM: "Maryann Bakken" <[removed]@linc.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 10/19/99, 3:45 PM

Hoo boy! If she will accept non-fiction, I should think anything
by Charles Kuralt would fit. Also Walking the Trail by Jerry Ellis, who
walked the Trail of Tears from Tennessee to Oklahoma. In fiction, you
might try The Train to Estelline by Jane Roberts Wood. The main
character is a new teacher who writes letters home describing her
journey to the small Texas town where she will teach, and what she finds
when she gets there. Also Joanne Greenberg's Where the Road Goes, which
centers on an older woman who joins an environmental walk from
California to Cape Cod. My favorite "adventure" novel is Dorothy
Gilman's Caravan, but there are elements of romance in it, to be sure.
Probably too exotic for her taste but it's worth a try.

Mary Ann Bakken
St. Charles (IL) Public Library


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> From: SHARRON SMITH[[removed]@kpl.org]
> Reply To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 3:10 PM
> To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
> Subject: Nice adventure stories
>
> Please help!
>
> I have an elderly patron who wants to read "nice adventure" stories.
> She is
> very specific about not wanting either romance or espionage, no guns
> and no
> "saga type" books. She is not keen on mysteries but rather a story
> about
> someone taking a trip and the adventures along the way.
>
> I went back to a booklist on Road Novels and the list on Travelogues
> but
> nothing seemed to appeal.
>
> TIA
> Sharron Smith
> Readers' Advisory Librarian
> Kitchener Public Library
>

FROM: <[removed]@greenville.lib.sc.us>
REC'D: 10/20/99, 8:24 AM

"I Married Adventure" by Osa Johnson might work.

Linda Johnson
Greenville (SC) County Library

FROM: "Anne Kabel" <[removed]@metronet.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 10/21/99, 12:01 PM

If she doesn't mind non-fiction, try "Travels on my Elephant" by Mark
Shand. It is the story of man's trek across India on the back of an
elephant. Delightful!

Anne Kabel
Adult Reading Librarian
Baldwin Public Library
300 W. Merrill
P.O. Box 3002
Birmingham MI 48012-3002
248- 647-1700

FROM: "Beth McGraw-Wagner" <[removed]@bcpl.net>
REC'D: 10/21/99, 1:58 PM

I love to suggest this book : Faithful Travelers by James Dodson. A father
takes his young daughter on a fishing trip across America. It's gentle,
humorous, and pleasant reading.

FROM: "MILLS Kirby D" <[removed]@ci.eugene.or.us>
REC'D: 10/25/99, 6:02 PM

You might try:

Heidi's Alp: One Family's Search for Storybook Europe --
Christina Hardyment. Just what it says, parents and children
search out the settings of their favorite children's books;
quite enjoyable

FROM: "Anjan Ray" <[removed]@usa.net>
REC'D: 11/7/99, 1:54 AM

My choices may be a bit esoteric, but all the ones below have really stuck in
my mind :

Trustee From the Toolroom by Nevil Shute - aboutan engineer who rescues a
fortune from a boat
Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo - Same idea, probably the inspiration for
the Nevil Shute novel!
Three Singles to Adventure by Gerald Durrell - Hilarious account of
animal-collecting trip
River Sutra by Gita Mehta - About the Narmada pigrimage, done solo through
perilous forests, an unusual blend of fiction and non-fiction

Regards

****
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 15:43:51 -0400

Please help!

I have an elderly patron who wants to read "nice adventure" stories. She is
very specific about not wanting either romance or espionage, no guns and no
"saga type" books. She is not keen on mysteries but rather a story about
someone taking a trip and the adventures along the way.

I went back to a booklist on Road Novels and the list on Travelogues but
nothing seemed to appeal.

TIA
Sharron Smith
Readers' Advisory Librarian
Kitchener Public Library

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