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26 titles tagged Travel. Practice typing with real literature — not random drills.
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome K. Jerome
The humorous travelogue of a boating holiday down the Thames taken by three friends and their dog.
My Four Weeks in France
Ring Lardner
A sports columnist and humorist travels to France as a war correspondent during World War I and recounts his experiences on the assignment.
Jack Keefe Stories
Ring Lardner
A boastful, nearly illiterate major league pitcher writes a series of letters home detailing the goings-on in his life and career.
Sailing Alone Around the World
Joshua Slocum
A sailor gives his account how he completed the first solo sailing voyage around the world.
The Four Men
Hilaire Belloc
Hilaire Belloc takes a pilgrimage across his beloved home English county of Sussex writing as four distinct personalities, with a wide variety of songs, stories, and digressions.
The Path to Rome
Hilaire Belloc
Hilaire Belloc takes a walking pilgrimage to Rome from his hometown in France, writing of the journey, sketching the sights, and digressing on a wide variety of subjects.
South!
Ernest Shackleton
A British expedition sets off to cross Antarctica, but when their ship is wrecked they have to face a long struggle for survival.
Two Years Before the Mast
Richard Henry Dana Jr.
A Harvard student embarks on a two-year voyage as a sailor aboard a merchant ship, exposing the harsh conditions of life at sea in the 19th century.
On a Chinese Screen
W. Somerset Maugham
A collection of short vignettes about the people and places W. Somerset Maugham encountered during his travels along the Yangtze River in 1919–20.
The Giant Raft
Jules Verne
A former slave trader with an encrypted note schemes about its meaning, while a man with a secret past travels with his family down the Amazon in a giant raft to attend his daughter’s wedding.
Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860–69
Edward Whymper
A classic in early mountaineering literature, describing the first ascent of the Matterhorn and other climbs in the Alps.
The Worst Journey in the World
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
The travelogue of a member of Robert Scott’s ill-fated Antarctic expedition of 1910.
The Innocents Abroad
Mark Twain
Mark Twain travels abroad, offering witty observations on the places and cultures he encounters and commentary on the habits and foibles of his fellow travelers.
Roughing It
Mark Twain
Mark Twain’s semiautobiographical account of his travel across the United States.
A Negro Explorer at the North Pole
Matthew Henson
The self-told story of the black man who accompanied Robert Peary during the first trip to the North Pole.
The Mirror of the Sea
Joseph Conrad
An autobiographical memoir on Joseph Conrad’s maritime experiences and his relationship with the sea.
To Cuba and Back
Richard Henry Dana Jr.
A captivating travel memoir recounting an 1859 journey to Cuba, offering vivid descriptions of the island’s culture, landscapes, and people.
Travel Essays
Robert Louis Stevenson
A collection of Robert Louis Stevenson’s travel essays.
Essays
Henry David Thoreau
A collection of Henry David Thoreau’s essays.
The Cruise of the Nona
Hilaire Belloc
Hilaire Belloc cruises around Wales and the English Channel on his sailboat, writing on a variety of topics.
The Cruise of the Alerte
E. F. Knight
An English journalist sets sail in search of treasure buried on a remote desert island.
Journals
Alexander Mackenzie
Explorer Alexander Mackenzie details his journeys to both the Arctic and Pacific Oceans in his personal journals.
Through the Brazilian Wilderness
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt’s autobiographical account of his expedition into the uncharted depths of the Brazilian rainforest.
With the Empress Dowager of China
Katharine A. Carl
A female painter becomes the court artist of the Empress Dowager of China.
Recollections of Full Years
Helen Herron Taft
Helen Herron Taft, wife of William Howard Taft, the twenty-seventh President of the United States, recalls her life married to one of America’s most influential political figures.
Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark
Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft’s account of her travels through Scandinavia.