NPR Remembers Eric Newby
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 10.24.06 | 7:37 PM ET
All Things Considered aired a terrific interview this afternoon with Wanda Newby, wife of the famed travel writer, who died Friday at the age of 86.
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 10.24.06 | 7:37 PM ET
All Things Considered aired a terrific interview this afternoon with Wanda Newby, wife of the famed travel writer, who died Friday at the age of 86.
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stephen haskill 11.04.06 | 9:05 AM ET
Eric’s book, Love and War in the Appenines was both increidbly “romantic” in both senses as well as an inspiration to live a part of life in the area of Italy he and Wanda experienced.