BEST OF THE SHELF
Chasing Rickshaws
By Tony Wheeler and Richard l'Anson
(Lonely Planet, 190 pages)
This gorgeous book is not only an ode to Asia's ancient form of human-powered land travel, it's a celebration of the spirit of journeying--and of an endangered species. Lonely Planet co-founder Tony Wheeler rediscovers the joys and pains of the road in interviews with rickshaw drivers, artists and producers in 12 Asian cities, visiting them in their homes and open-air offices. Richard l'Anson's color-drenched photos also pay tribute to the toil and skill involved in earning a living by pedaling a cyclo in Hanoi or a becak in Yogyakarta. Get this before the subject is forced off the road--and from the travel section onto the history shelves.
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December 21, 1998
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