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Names: Ochoa, John A. (John Andres), author.
Title: Fellow travelers : how road stories shaped the idea of the Americas / John Ochoa.
Description: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021. | Series: New World studies | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020058648 (print) | LCCN 2020058649 (ebook) | ISBN 9780813946078 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780813946085 (paperback) | ISBN 9780813946092 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Fiction—20th century—History and criticism. | Travelers’ writings—History and criticism. | Travel writing—History—20th century. | Travel in literature. | Male friendship in literature. | America—Literatures—History and criticism.
Classification: LCC PN846 .O28 2021 (print) | LCC PN846 (ebook) | DDC 809/.897—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020058648
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020058649
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https://doi.org/10.52156/m.5239
Cover art: Aurora (Entre dos luces), Juan Manuel Blanes, ca. 1879–1885. (Photo © Christie’s Images/Bridgeman Images)