An Old Travel Book is New Again
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 04.29.02 | 7:04 PM ET
The San Francisco Chronicle’s John Flinn lunched recently with Welsh writer Jan Morris, whose 1956 classic Coast to Coast: A Journey Across 1950s America was dusted off and republished last month by Travelers’ Tales. During their visit, Morris described her impressions of 1950s America. It was another era—one of gratitude and promise—and Morris fell in love with the country. “Americans had started the Marshall Plan, one of the greatest acts of generosity in history, and made everyone feel that America was the ideal country,” she told Flinn. “The people had a sense of innocence about them that I loved back then, and I think it’s still there, compared to Europe.”
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
