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Book 1: A Piece of the World by Christina Baker KlineSetting - Cushing, Maine
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Book 2: Hild by Nicola Griffith
Location: Northumbria, England 2978
Northumbria to Elmet, England 150 miles
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Book 3: Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay
Location: Hanging Rock, Victoria, Australia
Miles: 10460
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Book 4 The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett
Location: Wiltshire County, England
Note: there were several trips within England as well as to Cherbourg, France. I may go back and track these trips.
Miles: 10540
Total Miles Traveled: 24128
Book 4 Location: Wiltshire County England
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Book 5 Sweet Thunder by Ivan Doig
Location: Bozeman, Montana
Miles: 4545
Total Miles Traveled: 28673
Book 5 Location: Bozeman, Montana
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Book 6 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak
Location 1: Birth place - Van, Turkey
Miles: 6406
Location 2: Left family - Istanbul, Turkey
Miles: 950
Total Miles Traveled: 36029
Wow! I'm realizing how far one million miles will be.....
Book 6Location: Istanbul, Turkey
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Book 7: The War Widow by Tara Moss
Location: Sydney, Australia
Miles: 8122
Total Miles Traveled: 44,151
Book 7Location Sydney, Australia
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Book 8 Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Location:
MC Hamlet - Born, Stratford on Avon 10586 miles
MC moves, London 101
The Plague, begins Alexandria, Egypt to Murano, Italy 2281
Plague - Murano to Stratford 916
Book Miles 13884
Total Miles Traveled: 54838
Book 8Location ends: London, England
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Book 9 The Winthrop Woman by Anya Seton
Location:
Boxford, England 56
Boxford, England to London 56
London to Boxford 56
Boxford, England to London 56
London to Boston 3269
Boston to Greenwich CT 181
Book Miles 3674
Total Miles Traveled: 61709
Book 9Location ends: Greenwich CT
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Book 10 The Invention of Fire by Bruce Holsinger
Location: London, England 3430
Round trip from London to Calais, France 238
Book Miles: 3668
Total Miles Traveled: 65377
Book 10 Location ends: London
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Book 11
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Main Character, John Grady Cole
Begins - San Angelo TX 4,953 (from London)
Travels of MC
San Angelo TX to Langtry, Texas 161
Langtry, TX to Coahuila, Mexico (first a ranch, then jail in capital, Saltilla) 256
Saltilla to Monclova 122
Monclova to Zacatecas 353
Zacatecas to Torreon 242
Torreon to Langtry 478
Lantry, TX to San Angelo 161
Book Miles: 6,726
Total Miles Traveled: 72103
Book 11Location ends: San Angelo, TX
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Book 12 The Scribe by Antonio Garrido
Begins - Wurzburg (from San Angelo) 5391
Wurzburg to Fulda 67
Fulda to Frankfurt 64
Frankfurt to Wurzburg 74
Wurzburg to Fulda 67
Book Miles: 5663
Total Miles Traveled: 77766
Book 12Location ends: Fulda, Germany
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Book 13 Leaves of the Banyan Tree by Albert Wendt
Apia, Western Samoa: 9893
Total Miles Traveled: 87,659
Book 13Location: Apia, Western Samoa
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Book 14 The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
Turtle Mountain Indian reservation: 6144
Round trip to Washington DC: 3180
Book total: 9324
Total Miles Traveled: 96,983
Book 14Location: Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation
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Book 15 Russka: The Novel of Russia by Edward Rutherfurd
Location: Moscow, Russia. 4801
Total Miles Traveled: 101784
Book 15 RusskaLast location: Moscow
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Book 16 The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell
Location: Lusaka, Zambia (Moscow to Lusaka) 6912
A saga of 3 generations of 3 families who find interwoven lives in Lusaka
Sibilla: Alba, Italy to Kariba Dam, Zambia 7874
then Kariba Dam to Lusaka, Zambia 118
Agnes: Surrey, England to Lusaka, Zambia 7078
Matha: Kasama, Zambia to Lusaka, Zambia 530
Book total: 22394
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Book 17 Margaret the First by Danielle Dutton
Location starts: Colchester, England (from Lusaka) 7334
Colchester to Oxford 122
Oxford to Paris 349
Paris to Antwerp 216
Round Trip Antwerp to London 472
Antwerp to London 236
Book total: 8729
Total Miles Traveled: 132,907
Book 17 Margaret the FirstLast location: London
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Book 18 The Cold Millions by Jess Walter
Location: Spokane, WA 4646
Total Miles Traveled: 137,553
Book 18 Location: Spokane, WA
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Book 19 A Few Right Thinking Men by Sulari Gentill
Location: Sydney [mileage from Spokane] 7952
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Book 20 The Right Sort of Man by Allison Montclair
Location: London [mileage from Sydney] 10,553
Total Miles Traveled: 156,058
Book 20 Last Location: London
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Book 21 Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders by Larry Millett
Location: St. Paul, MN [mileage from London] 4003
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Book 22 The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne by Elsa Hart
Location: London [mileage from St. Paul, MN] 4003
Total Miles Traveled: 164064
Book 22 Last Location: London
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Book 23 The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate
Wallace, LA [mileage from London] 4643
From LA to Jefferson, TX - 337
to Ft. Worth, TX - 200
to Ft. McKavett - 243
to Austin - 169
Wallace, LA - 476
Book Total - 6068
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Book 24 Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March
Beginning Location: Poona, India [mileage from Wallace LA] 8921
Poona to Bombay - 92
Round trip from Bombay to Matheran - 103
Bombay to Lahore - 869
Lahore to Simla - 169
Roundtrip from Simla to Pathankot - 378
Simla to Bombay - 1086
Roundtrip from Bombay to Palghar - 134
Book total - 11752
Total Miles Traveled: 181,884
Book 24Last Location: Palghar, India
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Book 25 Miss Benson's Beetle to Rachel Joyce
Beginning location: London [mileage from Palghar] 4429
London to Tilbury, England - 26
Tilbury to Brisbane, Australia - 10248
Brisbane to Noumea, North Caledonia - 913
Noumea to Poum, North Caledonia - 256
Round trip Poum to Noumea - 512
Book Total - 16384
Total Miles Traveled: 198,268
Book 25 Last location: Poum, New Caledonia
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Book 26 City of Thieves by David Benioff
Leningrad [from Poum] 8880
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Book 27 The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
Delhart, TX [from Leningrad] 5281
Delhart to Bakersfield, CA 1068
Return to Delhart 1068
Book total - 7417
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Book 28 Behind the Forgotten Front: A WWII Novel by Barbar
a Hawkins
The novel begins in the U.S., but never identifies where. Once the main character is shipped out, the locations are identified.
Bombay [from Delhart, TX] 8610
Bombay to Ledo, India 2013
Ledo to Walawbum, Burma to Shaduzup, Burma to Loi Kang, Burma 340
Return to Ledo, India 340
Ledo to Ceylon, India 2815
Ceylon to Shanhai 3073
Book Total - 17,191
Total Miles Traveled: 231,756
Book 28 Last Location: Delhart, TX
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Book 29 The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone
This historical fiction follows the life of Michelangelo from boyhood and through his life. Throughout his life, he made trips to various locations to create his art or avoid wars. While reading, I jotted down several of his travels, but am certain to have missed a few.
Beginning location: Florence, Italy [from Delhart, TX] 5683
Two Round Trips from Florence to Bologna - 256
Round trip from Florence to Siena - 98
Four Round Trips from Florence to Rome - 2184
One last trip to Rome, where he died at age 90 - 273
Book total - 8494
Total Miles Traveled: 240250
Book 29 Last location: Rome
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Book 30 Mrs. Lincoln's Sisters by Jennifer Chiaverini
Location: Springfield, IL [from Rome] 4980
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Book 31 The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer
Location: London [from Springfield] 4121
Total Miles Traveled: 249,351
Book 31 Location: London
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Book 32 The Color Of Lightning by Paulette Jiles
Main Character Brit Johnson: Travels from Kentucky to Texas during the Civil War. First named location is Little Egypt, IL (Alton, IL)
Location: Little Egypt, IL [from London} 4184
Continued from IL to Elm Creek where he settled with his family. 1069
Samuel Hammond, appointed Indian Agent: Travels from Boston to Kiowa Agency at Anadarko Agency, OK 1736
Book total: 6989
Total Miles Traveled: 256,340
Book 32 Last Location: Elm Creek , TX
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Book 33 The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
Location: Dublin, Ireland [from Elm Creek] 4810
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Book 34 A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark
Location: Cairo [from Dublin] 3863
Total Miles Traveled: 265,013
Book 34 Location: Cairo
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Book 35 A Royal Affair by Allison Montclair
Location: London [From Cairo] 3485
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Book 36 A Decline in Prophets by Sulari Gentill
Beginning location: London
First class boat to:
London to New York City - 3459
New York City to Sydney - 9938
Book total - 13397
Total Miles Traveled: 281,895
Book 36 Ending location: Sydney
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Book 37 The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley
Location: London [from Sydney] 10553
Total Miles Traveled: 292,448
Book 37 Location: London
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Book 38 Celia Garth by Gwen Bristow
Location: Charleston, SC [from London] 4068
Total Miles Traveled: 296,516
Book 38 Location: Charleston, SC
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Book 39 The House on Vesper Sands by Paraic O'Donnell
Location: London 4068
Total Miles Traveled: 300,584
Book 39 Location: London
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Book 40 The Paris Secret by Natasha Lester
A dual timeline. This book was picked by my in real life book club - and a great bonus for this challenge
Grandmother.
Beginning location: Cornwall, England - 261
Moves to Paris as a child - 536
Back to Cornwall as young adult - 536
1939 Round trip to Paris - 1072
As pilot, flew many trips delivering planes; but eventually in Paris as a spy - 536
Captured, sent to Ravensbrück in Havel Germany - 635
Liberated, return to Paris - 635
Relocates to Sydney-10532
Grandma's total miles - 14743
Granddaughter Kat's travels as she travels for her job and uncovers the truth about her grandmother
Beginning location: Sydney
At grandmother's request, visits Cornwall (roundtrip) - 21560
Visits Cornwall with grandmother - 10780
Kat's total miles - 32340
Book total - 47,083
Total Miles Traveled: 347,667
Book 40Last location: Cornwall, England
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Book 41 The Alienist by Caleb Carr
Location: New York City [from Cornwall} - 3280
Total Miles Traveled - 350,947
Book 41Location: New York City
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Book 42 The Ronin's Mistress by Laura Joh Rowland
Location: Edo (Tokyo) Japan [from New York City] - 6736
Total Miles Traveled - 357,683
Book 42 Location: Edo (Tokyo) Japan
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Book 43 Where the Light Enters by Sara Donati
Sophie: Chur, Switzerland [from Tokyo} - 5947
Back to New York City - 3985
Book total - 9932
Total Miles Traveled - 367,615
Book 43 Location: New York City
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Book 44 Death in Delft by Graham Brack
Location: Begins at Leiden University [from NYC] - 3630
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Book 45 West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
Beginning location: Haiti [from Leiden] - 4627
Haiti to New York City - 1505
New York City to San Diego - 2759
Total Miles Traveled - 380,136
Book 45 Last Location: San Diego
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Book 46 The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley
Maia: London [from San Diego] = 5478
London to Lake Geneva Switzerland = 646
Lake Geneva to Rio de Janeiro = 5705
Rio de Janeiro to Paris to Lake Geneva = 6054
Maia's total = 17,883
Izabela:
Rio de Janeiro to Paris = 5693
Round trip to Venice = 1380
Paris to Rio de Janeiro = 5693
Izabela's total = 12,766
Book total = 30,649
Total Miles Traveled - 410,785
Book 46 Last location: Rio de Janeiro
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Book 47 The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali
Tehran [from Rio] - 7364
Tehran to San Francisco - 7341
San Francisco to Boston - 3096
Book total = 17801
Book 48: The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel
Location - London [from Boston] - 3269
Total Miles Traveled - 431,855
Book 48: Location - London
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Book 49 Vera by Carol Edgarian
Location - San Francisco [from London] = 5351
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Book 50 A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
Location - Shrewsbury Abbey [from San Francisco] = 5214
Round Trip Shrewsbury Abbey to Gwytherin, Wales = 134
Book total = 5348
Total Miles Traveled - 442,554
Book 50 Location - Shrewsbury Abbey
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Book 51 Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Sepetys
Beginning location: Kaunas, Lithuania [ from Shrewsbury Abbey] = 1442
To Ust-Kut, Russia = 3828
To Tiksi in Arctic Circle = 1220
Book Total = 6490
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Book 52 The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
Location: London [from Arctic Circle] = 3571
Total Miles Traveled - 452,615
Book 52 Location: London
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Book 53 My Name Is Resolute by Nancy E. Turner
Beginning location: Jamaica [from London] = 4695
Kidnapped, taken to Harraseeket, ME = 1826
Kidnapped again, taken to Montreal = 248
Escapes, walks to Lexington Mass = 487
Total book miles = 7256
Total miles traveled = 459,871
Book 53 Last location: Lexington Mass
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Book 54 The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
Location: London
[from Lexington, Mass] = 3272
Total miles traveled = 463,143
Book 54 Location: London
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Book 55 The Golden Age by Joan London
Location - Leedersville, Australia [from London] = 8989
Total miles traveled = 472,132
Book 55 Location - Leedersville, Australia
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Book 56 The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
Beginning location: Vienna [from Leedersville] = 8229
Venice = 387
Schwarzau, Austria = 347
Round trip from Schwarzau to Vienna = 86
Vienna = 43
Round trip from Vienna to Budapest = 604
Escape from Vienna: Austria: Paris to Calais to London = 1061
Los Angeles = 5437
Round trip from LA to Washington DC = 5336
Philadelphia, PA = 2709
Book total = 24239
Total miles traveled = 496,371
Book 56 Last Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Book 57 The Secret River by Kate Grenville
Beginning location: London [from Philadelphia} = 3539
To Sydney by boat = 13750
Book total = 17289
Total miles traveled = 513,660
Book 57Last location: Sydney
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Book 58 The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles
Beginning location: Paris France {from Sydney} = 10,532
To Froid, MT = 4430
Book total = 14962
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Book 59 A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
Location: Yorkshire, England [from Froid, MT] = 4082
Total miles traveled = 532,704
Book 59 Location: Yorkshire, England
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Book 60 My Theodosia by Anya Seton
New York City [from London] = 3459
To Marry-Round trip to Albany NY = 304
To husband's family home - Georgetown SC = 676
Round trip Charleston SC = 122
To visit father - New York City, Washington DC = 902
Return to Georgetown, SC = 450
Charleston, SC = 61
To Blennerhassett Island = 458
Return to home: Georgetown, SC= 427
To Richmond = 51
To New York City, back to home in Georgetown = 1401
Book Total = 8311
Total miles traveled = 541,015
Book 60 Last location: Georgetown, SC
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Book 61 The Time of Women by Elena Chizhova
Location: Leningrad [from Georgetown, SC] = 4278
Total miles traveled = 545,293
Book 61Location: Leningrad
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Book 62 Inland by Téa Obreht
Location: Nora, Arizona desert [from Leningrad] = 5699
Total miles traveled = 550,992
Book 61Location = Leningrad
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Book 62Inland by Téa Obreht
Nora's location: Arizona desert [from Leningrad] = 5699
Lurie: first actual location = Peyton County AR
Peyton to Texarkana = 272
To Greenwood, TX = 222
To San Antonio = 316
To Albuquerque = 720
To Reno = 1013
To Jackson, CA = 137
To Beulah, WY = 1259
to Arizona desert = 1289
Book Total = 10,927
Total miles traveled = 556,220
Book 62Last Location: Arizona desert
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Book 63 The Servants' Quarters by Lynn Freed
Morningside, South Africa [from Arizona desert] = 9949
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Book 64 The Daughter's Walk: A Novel by Jane Kirkpatrick
Spokane [from Morningside, South Africa] = 10042
Mom & daughter's walk: Spokane to: Walla Walla, Umatilla OR, Boise City ID, Shoshone ID, Salt Lake City UT, Laramie WY, Cheyenne WY, Denver CO, North Platte NE, Lincoln NE, Des Moines IA, Davenport IA, Chicago IL, Fort Wayne IN, Canton OH, Pittsburgh PA, Harrisburg PA, New York City, NY = 3229
Return home: NYC, Chicago, Minneapolis, Spokane, Mica Creek = 2603
Moves to Spokane = 26
Round trip to Mica Creek = 52
Trip: Spokane, Coulee City, Seattle, St. Paul MN, Manistee MI, New York City, Spokane = 5780
Moves to Coulee City = 95
Moves back to Spokan = 95
Book total = 21,922
Total miles traveled = 588,091
Book 64 Last Location: Spokane
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Book 65 Miles Off Course by Sulari Gentill
Sydney - Hydra Magestic in Blue Mountains [from Spokane] = 7983
To Yarrangobilly Caves = 331
To Bogong High Plains = 252
To Sydney = 422
Book total = 8988
Total miles traveled = 597,079
Book 65 Last Location: Sydney
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Book 66 The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray
The three women & three timelines: Marthe WWII , Adrienne 1774 & Beatrice 1914
Marthe: Chateau Lafayette [from Sydney] = 10553
To New York City = 3779
Marthe's total = 14332
Adrienne: Paris
Round trip to Verailles = 24
To LePuy = 336
To Chateau Lafayette = 22
To Paris = 317
To Vienna = 767
To Chateau Lafayette = 812
Adrienne's total = 2278
Beatrice: Paris
To New York City = 3625
To Bordeaux = 3603
To Paris = 367
To Newport RI = 3480
To New York City = 179
To Amiens = 3596
To Paris = 87
To Chateau Lafayette = 316
To Paris = 316
To Hazebrouck, FR = 165
To Paris = 165
To New York City = 3625
To Paris = 3625
To Chateau Lafayette = 316
Beatrice's total = 23,465
Book total = 40,075
Total miles traveled = 637,154
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