Since this book is considered to be a travel diary I expect a lot of descriptive passages that describe people, places, landscape, social experiences, etc. I think that the writing style will be focused yet descriptive. One other travel narrative that I have read is Bill Bryson's Walk In The Woods, which was about a man's journey through the Appalacian Trail. What stuck out were the long descriptions of landscape that were both informative and descriptive. This book will definitely be different than the last two books we have read because it won't so much be about individual self realization, but will now be more about the narrator realizing his place in the world, which will then help him find himself. The two prefaces to the book were completely different. The one by his daughter was filled with passion for her admirable father, while the one by his second wife was simply a synopsis of the book.
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