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[QUOTE]Originally posted by notelvis: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Ocala Mike: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by notelvis: [qb] Henry, you're now between a collection of stories by one Rogers E.M. Whitaker [/qb][/QUOTE]David, that name rings a bell. Didn't he write articles on rail travel "back in the day" under a pseudonym, E. M. Frimbo? I seem to remember reading some of his stuff off library shelves as a youngster. [/qb][/QUOTE]That's correct Mike - he wrote under the name E.M. Frimbo. Also in my collection......nearby but not directly adjacent.... are several of the travel narratives by Paul Theroux. My favorite of these is probably 'The Old Patagonian Express'. I really enjoy Theroux's accounts of the trains and places he has been but I get hung up a bit on his cultural analysis. Yes, I find it interesting to read his observations BUT Theroux throughout maintains kind of an aristocratic aloofness. Perhaps this is neccessary for giving an unbiased account but as often as not it comes across as an air of superiority..... BUT then I would have enjoyed replicating some of his travels to the degree that it was still possible. Closest I ever came though was briefly dating a girl who had done some mission work in South America and was completing a degree in Spanish! [/QB][/QUOTE]
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