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Lea Lane

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Lea Lane is an award-winning writer and communicator, author of Places I Remember: Tales, Truths, Delights from 100 Countries, and Travel Tales I Couldn't Put in the Guidebooks, available at Amazon as print and Kindle eBook. She writes for magazines, newspapers and on websites, including Forbes.com, The New York Times, Salon, and the Daily Beast.

She's authored eight books (including Solo Traveler, finalist for best travel book of the year from the North American Travel Journalists Association). She has contributed to dozens of other books, from encyclopedias to guidebooks. Lea wrote a column called "Going It Alone," for Gannett Newspapers, and was managing editor of "Travel Smart" newsletter. She is a member of the Society of American Trave ...more

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	Solo Traveler: Tales and Tips for Great Trips 3.47 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unofficial Guide to New York City by Eve Zibart, Lea Lane (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1998 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Places I Remember: Tales, Truths, Delights from 100 Countries by Lea Lane (Goodreads Author), Greg Correll (Illustrator) 4.59 avg rating — 17 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Travel Tales I Couldn't Put in the Guidebooks 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	These Summer Months: Stories from The Late Orphan Project by Anne Born (Editor), Lorraine Berry (Contributor), Erin O'Meara (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unofficial Guide to South Florida including Miami & the Keys 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unofficial Guide to Bed & Breakfasts and Country Inns in New England (Unofficial Guides) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Buried Cause: Unearthing Hidden History in the Lee Monument Cornerstone by Ms. Katherine Ridgway (Contributor), Christina Keyser Vida (Contributor), Dr. Elizabeth Moore (Contributor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Steps to Better Writing: A Guide to the Process 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unofficial Guide to Bed & Breakfast in New England 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1999	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Travel By Train To 5 European Heritage Craft Destinations

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“I love her courage and heart! Funny, poignant, wise, and woke—an ideal travel companion.”
—Joan Walsh (The Nation, CNN)”
― Lea Lane, Places I Remember: Tales, Truths, Delights from 100 Countries

tags: memoir, solo-travel, travel-memoir, travel-narrative-nonfiction, travel-tales, women-s-travel-writing

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