Tim Cahill on World Hum’s Top 30 Travel Books

Travel Blog  •  Rolf Potts  •  07.06.06 | 10:23 AM ET

imageBack in May, World Hum’s Top 30 Travel Books of all time included Tim Cahill’s Road Fever, which occupied the number 21 slot in the countdown. Since I know Cahill from the Key West Literary Seminar, and also from my online interview of him in 2004, I e-mailed him to see what he thought might be missing from the Top 30.

This is what Tim told me:

Very subjective about the books, but Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire was my personal inspiration. Also:

* The Worst Journey in the World, by Apsley Cherry-Garrard

* News from Tartary, by Peter Fleming

* Annapurna, by Maurice Herzog

And several dozen more that we’d have to force ourselves to drink many beers in order to recall (while remaining completely sheveled, of course).

—Rolf Potts is a frequent contributor to World Hum.

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Columnist Rolf Potts is the author of Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel, and Marco Polo Didn't Go There: Stories and Revelations From One Decade as a Postmodern Travel Writer. His stories have appeared in National Geographic Traveler, the New York Times Magazine and Conde Nast Traveler, as well as in “The Best American Travel Writing.”


1 Comment for Tim Cahill on World Hum’s Top 30 Travel Books

Arturo 07.15.06 | 6:50 PM ET

Thought of making a suggestion for the list. How about Dos Passos “Rosinante to the Road Again,” published in 1922 and now rereleased in an anthology of his work. It’s a great character description of Spain that still holds true today. He fuses plenty of classical references to make the readng enjoyable.

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