Backpack Ambassadors

Backpack Ambassadors
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 369
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ISBN-10 : 9780226462035
ISBN-13 : 022646203X
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Book Synopsis Backpack Ambassadors by : Richard Ivan Jobs

Download or read book Backpack Ambassadors written by Richard Ivan Jobs and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-05-22 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Backpack Ambassadors, Richard Ivan Jobs tells the story of backpacking in Europe in its heyday, the decades after World War II, revealing that these footloose young people were doing more than just exploring for themselves. Rather, with each step, each border crossing, each friendship, they were quietly helping knit the continent together.


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