Let's Get Lost: Adventures in the Great Wide Open

by Craig Nelson
Let's Get Lost: Adventures in the Great Wide Open
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7 ratings, 3.29 average rating, 4 reviews (more data...)
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published
June 1st 2000 (first published 1999) by Warner Books

binding
Paperback, 384 pages

isbn
0446676039    (isbn13: 9780446676038)

description
Craig Nelson has experienced places most people only dream about. He has walked the Great Wall of China; taken psychoactive pharmaceuticals with a mal...more




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Joel
10/28/07
Joel rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in November, 2007
recommends it for: Anyone who loves to travel, even if only from their armchair.
Let's Get Lost is exactly what a travel narrative should be: Funny, insightful, and memorable.

Craig Nelson takes the reader on a tour of the third world, giving advice, describing locations and people, and telling about adventures along the way. Nelson has traveled extensively, and the range of experiences in the book show that quite well.

As a writer, Nelson is concise while almost poetic in his descriptions of the things he has seen. The book could easily be twice t...more
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Brian
02/12/08
Brian rated it: 3 of 5 stars

bookshelves: adventure-climbing
Read in January, 2002
Chrissy gave me this before I went bumming around Europe and it served as an inspiration for my misadventures there.
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Jrobertus
funny and interesting - an overweight texan visits india, s. amer., egypt, africa etc.
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Jeannette
05/18/07
Jeannette rated it: 4 of 5 stars

bookshelves: travel
This is a laugh-out-loud book. It's split into small sections perfect for a quick read.
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Sandybanks
03/20/09
Sandybanks rated it: 2 of 5 stars

bookshelves: travel
Read in January, 2000

Lynn Simler
12/09/08
Lynn Simler marked it as to-read

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Jennifer
10/19/08
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David
09/28/08
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Elizabeth
09/22/08
Elizabeth rated it: 1 of 5 stars


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09/06/08
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Reby
08/03/08
Reby rated it: 3 of 5 stars


Jeff
07/04/08
Jeff marked it as to-read (review of isbn 0747274665)

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Claire
06/23/08
Claire marked it as to-read

bookshelves: to-read, travel

Jim
01/10/08
Jim marked it as to-read (review of isbn 0446523666)

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12/09/07
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12/08/07
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