Tattered Essence

Are you into books that are a bit quirky? If that is the case, make sure you do not miss Slate’s listing of the 10 Oddest Travel Guides Ever Published.

The list is made up of:

1. The Truth About Hunting in Today’s Africa, and How To Go on Safari for $690.00, by George Leonard Herter (1963)
2. A Guide Through the District of the Lakes in the North of England, by William Wordsworth (5th edition, 1835)
3. Das Generalgouvernement, by Karl Baedeker (1943)
4. Fodor’s Indian America, by Jamake Highwater (1975)
5. Bollocks to Alton Towers by Robin Halstead, et al. (2006)
6. Travel Guide of Negro Hotels and Guest Houses, by Afro-American Newspapers (1942)
7. Lonely Planet Guide to Micronations, by John Ryan et al. (2006)
8. The Night Climbers of Cambridge, by “Whipplesnaith” (1937)
9. A Tramp Trip: How To See Europe on Fifty Cents a Day, by Lee Meriwether (1886)
10. Overland to India and Australia, by the BIT Travel & Help Service (1970)

Be sure to click on the link above to read in depth about each of the titles.