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Originally published in 1992, American Places and the ideals that Zinsser discovers these places represent will never go out of fashion. I like the idea of pilgrimages, and when I thought about those pilgrims I realized that I had a deprived childhood. My sisters and I were never hauled around America and shown the great monuments and parks that were our heritage. . . . Nor did I attend schools that organized class trips to historic sites . . . I went through life history-illiterate, loving my country in principle but wanting to be spared the boring details. William Zinsser is a writer, editor, and teacher. His seventeen books include the best-selling classic On Writing Well. 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