Résultats pour "Lost" dans Amérique du Nord

Hardly anyone ever leaves Des Moines, Iowa. But Bill Bryson did, and after 10 years in England he decided to go home, to a foreign country. In an ageing Chevrolet Chevette, he drove nearly 14,000 miles through 38 states to compile this hilarious and perceptive state-of-the-nation report on small-town America.

Serene one moment and destructive the next, Lake Erie's moods mirror its tumultuous role in history . As the site of Cleveland's Great Lakes Exposition, the lake offered visitors a respite from the Great Depression, and Hotel Victory, once considered the world's largest summer resort, drew...

In an ageing Chevrolet Chevette, he drove nearly 14,000 miles through 38 states to compile this hilarious and perceptive state-of-the-nation report on small-town America. From the Deep South to the Wild West, from Elvis' birthplace through to Custer's Last Stand, Bryson visits places he re-named...

The numerous tales and legends related to lost mines and buried treasures in Oklahoma are often supported by documentation. The stories included in this book are most compelling because they offer chances of recovery. Though obscured by the passage of many decades since they were originally hidden or lost, these elusive treasures nevertheless continue to tempt the adventurous, the committed, the passionate.

In Not All Who Wander Are Lost: Purposeful Travelers Share Stories of Healing, you will listen to chapters written by fourteen contributing authors, each of whom is a female entrepreneur and world traveler. Authors work in diverse industries and come from a variety of backgrounds. They have different nationalities, upbringings, educational levels, and life experiences. But, what binds them all together is their common love of travel.

Lost in My Own Backyard brings acclaimed author Tim Cahill together with one of his, and America's, favorite destinations: Yellowstone, the world's first national park. Cahill has been "puttering around in the park" for a quarter of a century, slowly covering its vast scope and exploring its remote backwoods. So does this mean that he knows what he's doing? Hardly.

From the author of such travel adventure classics as Jaguars Ripped My Flesh and Road Fever, comes an informative and entertaining travelogue through one of America's favorite destinations: Yellowstone National Park. On his several-hundred-mile trek across the wilderness, the author explores such natural wonders as glaciers and geysers, muses about the microbiology of thermal pools, and witnesses moonbows arcing across waterfalls at midnight.

Transform your Midwest road trip into an awe-inspiring archaeological adventure through lost Native American history. Before European settlement, the Buckeye State was a thriving cultural crossroads of ritual centers and monumental architecture. Uncover the rich, hidden stories resting beneath...

Step into the abandoned settlements of the American frontier, where relentless gold rush dreams met brutal realities. Perfect for your next road trip or daily commute, this atmospheric journey reconstructs the fragile domestic lives, wild mining pursuits, and vigilante justice that defined a...

In September 1870, Truman Everts was separated from one of the first exploratory parties in what is now Yellowstone National Park. With little food, equipment, or cold-weather clothing, Everts spent more than a month wandering the wilderness before two mountaineers found him alive: frostbitten, scalded, and delirious. Nobody else has been lost so long in Yellowstone and survived.