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calls "this rollicking exposé of the travel book industry...the most depraved travel book of the year". The book was also criticised by Robert Hauptman who said that the author "did many distasteful things", described one incident related in the text as "nauseating" and considered his attitude to be
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Kohnstamm claimed in an interview (not related to the book) to have written the front section material of a Lonely Planet guide to Colombia without having made a specific research trip for that project. This led to the publisher carrying out an urgent review of the content which did not reveal any
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for the 2005 Lonely Planet guide to the country. Insufficient time and money to do the job led him to compile information from secondary sources which he described as a "mozaic job." He insinuated that this was common practice in the industry.
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The book was met with a global media coverage prior to its release and positive reviews when it hit the shelves in April 2008.
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Do travel writers go to hell? : a swashbuckling tale of high adventure, questionable ethics and professional hedonism
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http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/my-perfect-adventure/My-Perfect-Adventure-Thomas-Kohnstamm.html
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inaccuracies. In his book, Kohnstamm said he was given only 60 days to cover a 1000 mile stretch of northern
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Graff, Keir (2008-04-01), "Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?(Brief article)(Book review)",
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cynical. There was some controversy when the book was released.
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travelogue
Thomas Kohnstamm
Three Rivers Press
Brazil
The New York Times
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/04/13/lonely.planet/index.html
http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/my-perfect-adventure/My-Perfect-Adventure-Thomas-Kohnstamm.html
"Can You Trust Your Travel Guidebook?"
The Washington Post
Archived
ISBN
978-1-74196-111-9
ISSN
0006-7385
ISSN
0191-8761
ISSN
1948-7428
"Armchair Traveler"
the original
Authorial Ethics: How Writers Abuse Their Calling
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9780739134443
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travel
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