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Need inspiration for your next adventure? Here are nine classic books by intrepid female travelers—all available in road-friendly paperback.
Travels with Myself and Another BY MARTHA GELLHORN
The glamorous war reporter (and former wife of Ernest Hemingway) recalls her adventurous life. (Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam)
The Nomad EDITED BY ELIZABETH KERSHAW
The diary of Isabelle Eberhardt, a European who—dressed as a man—traversed Algeria's deserts at the turn of the 20th century. (Interlink Books)
America Day by Day BY SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR
A French existentialist journeys across 1940's America, from New York literary salons to the Grand Canyon. (University of California Press)
A Winter in Arabia BY FREYA STARK
She shocked her fellow Brits by studying Arabic and the Koran, and moving to Baghdad in 1929. This volume records Stark's trip through the country that is now Yemen. (The Overlook Press)
Four Corners BY KIRA SALAK
In 1995, Salak abandoned graduate school (and her boyfriend) for a dangerous odyssey through Papua New Guinea's remotest jungles. A swashbuckling tale. (National Geographic Books)
The Gastronomical Me BY M.F.K. FISHER
These essays—as much about place as they are about food—trace Fisher's evolution from provincial Californian to worldly gourmand in pre-World War II France. (North Point Press)
West with the Night BY BERYL MARKHAM
In this poetic memoir, one of the first female bush pilots recalls the wild expanses of East Africa in the early 20th century. (North Point Press)
Tracks BY ROBYN DAVIDSON
At the age of 27, Davidson trekked across 1,700 miles of Australia's outback with only four camels and a dog. As compulsively readable as it was 20 years ago. (Vintage Departures)
Destinations BY JAN MORRIS
The celebrated Welsh writer tours a Watergate-shocked D.C., an apartheid-stricken Pretoria, and other cities in this collection of Rolling Stone pieces from the 1970's. (Oxford University Press)
—Amy Farley
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