{"product_id":"where-was-i-a-travel-writers-memoir-9798784237101","title":"Where Was I? A Travel Writer's Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eTom Miller has been writing about conflict and culture in the Americas for close to 50 years. His books include \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the Border\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, an account of his travels along the U.S.-Mexico frontier; \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Panama Hat Trail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e about South America; \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrading With the Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, which takes readers on his journeys through Cuba; and, about the American Southwest, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRevenge of the Saguaro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere Was I? A Travel Writer's Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e zigs and zags through the riotous 1968 Democratic National Convention, smokes marijuana on the rooftop of a comfortable South American hotel, and spends the better part of a year traipsing around Cuba. Miller, a veteran of the anti (Vietnam) war movement and the underground press of the 1960s, spent months with migrants, musicians, and muck-rakers. He wrote about the Third Country between the United States and Mexico for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and tracked down the origins of the song \"La Bamba.\" In Spain he located an original 1605 first printing of \u003ci\u003eDon Quijxote\u003c\/i\u003e, and in Cuba held in his hands Ernest Hemingway's 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWriter Adam Hochschild says \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere Was I?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e contains \"sharp observations from a man who's been everywhere you'd ever want to go, known everyone you'd ever want to meet, and brought it all alive in a voice you wish you had.\" Martin Cruz Smith says \"Miller has the passion, wit, and style of a great journalist.\" Linda Ronstadt simply says, \"I am a Tom Miller fan.\"\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50486360047890,"sku":"9798784237101","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b02300de-7e66-4e6d-9251-fb834a6ddddc.jpg?v=1730426877","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/where-was-i-a-travel-writers-memoir-9798784237101","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}