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At least the cover is nic- oh wait... |
Title: Beaten
Tracks
Written by J. H. MacCallum Scott and published in 1938, Beaten Tracks is a travel book that
looks very much like most travel books I’ve received from the Biblio-Mat.
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Quite beaten indeed. |
Looking through the table of contents, it seems quite
fitting that the title of Beaten Tracks
is missing the ‘Off the’ before it as the text covers the author’s travels to
Canada, USA, Mexico, Brazil, New Zealand, and Australia, which may be among the
most popular destinations today. Sadly, it doesn’t travel through Europe or
Asia, which might have actually helped in my trip planning.
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At least the photos were well done. |
Despite looking quite generic, though, Beaten Tracks does have two interesting qualities about it. The
first was the inner cover, which has a pretty fancy bookplate denoting that it
comes from the library of Homer Morton Jaquays, who appears to have been a soldier of note.
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And also a fisherman, it seems. |
The second interesting aspect of the book is that all the
black and white photographs have overlays of what I would guess to be vellum.
In addition to protecting the image, the overlays also have captions and
information about the image, which is a pretty cool design aspect.
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Why are the photos so blurry? |
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Overlays! |
All in all, Beaten Tracks appears to be a decent traveler’s guide, if
for nothing else than being thick enough to be able to bludgeon an attacker
should you find yourself in one of the sketchy areas covered within.
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