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Travel Essays & Travelogues

A Ticket to the Grand Show

Journeys Across Cultural Boundaries

by (author) Neil McKinnon

Publisher
Your Nickel's Worth Publishing
Initial publish date
May 2024
Category
Essays & Travelogues, Japan, China
Recommended Age
15 to 18
Recommended Grade
10 to 12
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781778690235
    Publish Date
    May 2024
    List Price
    $29.95

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Description

Neil McKinnon’s true stories are A Ticket to the Grand Show of human diversity, past and present, and explores the richness of culture woven into the multi-hued fabric of our lives. The variety found across the globe is exciting, and each culture has its own truths that have the capacity to expand and inform our own. An insightful glimpse at the submerged cultural icebergs we may discover when we travel. Some are exotic, some are tragic, some are humorous, and some are dangerous.

About the author

Neil McKinnon was raised in Saskatchewan and served in the Royal Canadian Navy before working as a businessman, archaeologist, university lecturer, and freelance writer in China, Japan, Mexico, Canada, and the United States. His articles have appeared in Canadian, Japanese, Mexican and U.S. publications, and his book Tuckahoe Slidebottle was short-listed for the Stephen Leacock Award for humour and for the Alberta Book Award for short fiction. He has served on literary juries and has also edited and published academically. He is a pensioner and long distance runner. When not visiting family in Vancouver, McKinnon and his wife of fifty years, Judy, live in Mexico.

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