Passion for Place: Embracing Global Wanderlust

by Joel Deichmann

Overview

This story captures the improbable travel adventures of an isolated farm kid who grows into a geography professor. Representing different stages of adult life, the chapters are a series of journeys to six continents. These include the very first trip: from the family farm in rural New York State to the city of Mainz in Germany, a determined quest to visit all 3143 US counties, buddy trips to South America and Australia, a Fulbright assignment in Russia, Europe with kids, and university travel courses to the Czech Republic, Croatia, and Ghana. The author is a passionate traveler who creatively finds the means to explore the world and make adjustments when things don't go as planned. In sum, this volume demonstrates that travel is the best education that a little money can buy

Product Details

BN ID:	2940150128453
Publisher:	www.1stworldpublishing.com
Publication date:	02/14/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Joel I. Deichmann is an Associate Professor of Geography in the Global Studies Department at Bentley University, where he has taught full-time for fifteen years and published widely in academic journals. He is committed to education through travel, and has introduced more than a dozen classes of university students to the magic of Central Europe. Joel resides in New Hampshire with Karen, his wife of twenty-one years, their three children, and assorted pets.