In this new collection essays, Matthew Stevenson weaves together a historical tapestry of the last hundred years. From the battlefields of Gallipoli and those around Armenia, to Cold War Washington and modern Beirut, he has written a compelling, yet often humorous and always accessible account of persons and places encountered in his travels.

Remembering the Twentieth Century Limited

Travel

Matthew Mills Stevenson

Travel Writing

Odysseus Books

Acclaimed travel writer Matthew Stevenson, author of Whistle-Stopping America and other books, drives across Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania, in search of the coal industry and forgotten battles of the American Civil War.

Appalachia Spring

Reference

From the author of Letters of Transit, Reading the Rails, and Appalachia Spring comes this delightful account of a journey across the Peoples Republic of China, in search of the men who shaped its modern history. Along the way Matthew Stevenson visits Maos cave house in Yenan, where Chiang was kidnapped in Xian, General Joseph Stilwells house in Chongqing, and Sun Yat-sens hideouts in Guangzhou and Hong Kong. Between Beijing and Hong Kong, and many places in between, Stevenson moves around by bicycle, train, and foot, allowing him to describe the places that shaped the lives of Chinas founders. Of Maos cave in Yenan, Stevenson writes: The simple houses are dug into the side of the hill and are reached by climbing steps from the parking lot. Most have nothing more than a bed, a few chairs, a table, and a cupboard -- the revolution playing out in what New Yorkers would call a single-room occupancy. The Revolution as a Dinner Party is a graceful book, full of observation and humor, that is perfect for one today thinking about China -- either its past or future. It also an accessible history of Chinas last hundred years and biographies of the men at the heart of the countrys many conflicts.

The Revolution as a Dinner Party: Across China with Edgar Snow, Mao Tse-tung, Joseph Stilwell, Chiang Kai-shek, and Sun Yat-sen

Noted travel writer Matthew Stevenson sets out by train and bicycle from his home in Geneva, Switzerland, and rides from the battlefields of the Franco-Prussian War around Sedan to Paris, Tours, and Biarritz. The book is an easy blend of travel, diplomatic history, literature, and French politics. Along the way Stevenson sees the trenches around Verdun, the siege lines at Sedan, the cities of Paris and Orleans, and the haunts of Biarrtiz, which so enticed German Chancellor Bismarck. Stevenson writes with empathy and humour, making him the ideal companion for this little tour of France.

Biking with Bismarck: A Little Tour in France

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Remembering the Twentieth Century Limited

Appalachia Spring

The Revolution as a Dinner Party: Across China with Edgar Snow, Mao Tse-tung, Joseph Stilwell, Chiang Kai-shek, and Sun Yat-sen

Biking with Bismarck: A Little Tour in France