Report from Practically Nowhere

{{Short description|1959 travelogue by John Sack}}

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| author = John Sack

| pub_date = 1959

| illustrator = Shel Silverstein

| caption = First edition cover

| publisher = Harper & Brothers

| image = ReportFromPracticallyNowhere.jpg

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Report from Practically Nowhere is a 1959 humorous travelogue by American journalist John Sack, illustrated by Shel Silverstein. The book consists of thirteen profiles of microstates, principalities, autonomous areas, and other places visited by the author:

Sequels

In 1974, Tori Haring-Smith revisited ten of the thirteen countries, supported by a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship.[http://media.swarthmore.edu/bulletin/wp-content/archived_issues_pdf/Bulletin_1999_09.pdf Around the World for 30 Years]

See also

References

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  • {{cite journal |year=1959 |title=Report from Practically Nowhere |journal=The New York Times Book Review |volume=1 |pages=502 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NLIPAQAAMAAJ |access-date=2011-05-07 }}
  • {{cite journal |last1=Gowran |first1=Clay |date=March 8, 1959 |title=Delightful Travel Book on Unknown Countries |journal=Chicago Daily Tribune |pages=D4 |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/564509902.html?dids=564509902:564509902&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106164823/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/564509902.html?dids=564509902:564509902&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 6, 2012 |access-date=2011-05-07 }}
  • {{cite journal |year=1959 |title=Report from Practically Nowhere |journal=Newsweek |volume=53 |pages=98 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W1MQAAAAIAAJ |access-date=2011-05-07 }}
  • {{cite magazine |date=March 16, 1959 |title=Books: The Wily Wali |magazine=Time |volume=73 |issue=11 |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,937039,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205090214/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,937039,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 5, 2008 |access-date=2011-05-07 }}

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