Quick: name the 4 American territories that aren't Puerto Rico. I'm betting my BookLikes friends are the most likely to know some of them, but probably not all of them. Of the 5 populated territories, I knew of 4, although I couldn't have reeled them off on command; 1 (Northern Mariana Islands) w...
A book about America’s territories: part travelogue, part history, part investigation of the territories’ political status, this is a lightweight, readable introduction to a complicated topic. Doug Mack takes readers along on his trip through the territories: beginning in the U.S. Virgin Islands, th...
Mack’s mom went to Europe when she was a young person, and her only guide was the now infamous Europe on $5 a Day. Mack runs across a copy of this classic travel guide and sets off to revisit all the places recommended in this book. It makes for a nice way to pay a quick trip to the high points of E...