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Product Description Prepare to Get Lost on the Beaten Path...When Doug Mack picked up a 1963 edition of Europe on Five Dollars a Day, he stumbled on an inspired idea: to boldly go where millions have gone before, relying only on the advice of a travel guide that's nearly a half century out-of-date. Add to the mix his mother's much- documented grand tour through Europe in the late 1960s, and the result is a funny and fascinating journey into a new (old) world, and a disarming look at the ways the classic tourist experience has changed- and has not-in the last generation.After a whirlwind adventure spanning eight countries-and costing way more than five dollars a day-Mack's endearing account is part time travel, part paean to Arthur Frommer's much-loved guide, and a celebration of the modern traveler's grand (and not-so-grand) tour. About the Author Doug Mack is the author of THE NOT-QUITE STATES OF AMERICA (W.W. Norton, 2017) and EUROPE ON FIVE WRONG TURNS A DAY (Perigee Books, 2012). His stories and essays have appeared in Newsday, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, The Morning News, the Onion AV Club, and the Lonely Planet travel writing anthology A Moveable Feast: Life-Changing Food Adventures Around the World.Doug lives in Minneapolis, with a digital home at www.douglasmack.net.Twitter: @douglasmackFacebook: DougMackAuthor