Discuss the various perceptions of the Mongols
Required textbook:
The Best American Travel Writing 2014, Ed. Paul Theroux & Jason Wilson. Mariner Books, 2014. ISBN 978-0544330153

A Sense of Place: Great Travel Writers Talk About Their Craft, Lives, and Inspiration, Ed. Michael Shapiro. Travelers’ Tales, 2004. ISBN 978-1932361087

The Travel Writer’s Handbook: How to Write — and Sell — Your Own Travel Experiences, Jacqueline Harmon Butler and Louise Purwin Zobel. Agate Surrey, 2012. ISBN 978-1572841314

Required readings:

Read the following:
“Sun King” by Shacochis; “The Last of Eden” by Shoumatoff; “Maximum Bombay” by Shteyngart; “A Moving Experience” by Swick.
From Sense of Place interviews of Newby, Wheeler, and Newsham.
From the Handbook read chapters 13, 14, and 15.