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| "This collection of travel tales doesn't just push the envelope; it
shreds it." -San Francisco Examiner " ...pops the top off objective travel writing ... lives up to the adage that travel writers fear boredom more than death." -TIME int'l "...an engrossing read." -Newsweek.com Bruce's first book, "The Frugal Globetrotter," provides rat-race exit blueprints and counsel for people on academic and workaholic binges... "...there's no shortage of travel books on the shelves, but most aren't worth your time. We found (one) worth recommending: The Frugal Globetrotter." -Men's Health A contributing editor for Blue Magazine, he's written for National Geographic Traveler, Details, the New York Post, Fox News, New Choices, eOutdoors, TravelSport, Exxtreme and the student magazines: Link, Student Advantage, Student World Traveler, Student Travels (former editor-in-chief). On-the-road resume includes drifting with Burma's sea-gypsies, introducing naked Frisbee to New Guinea natives, acting as a stunt man in Chinese action movies, judging Nicaragua's Corn Island beauty contest, bamboo-rafting a Fijian river under the influence of kava, piloting a Manhattan horse-drawn carriage, babysitting in rural Japan, shepherding in Morocco, a moonlit-beach culture study in Goa, India, and walking coast-to-coast across both Northern England and Wales with his father. His exploits have been covered by CNN, NY1, horizonlive.com and "Ask the Experts" (Reader's Digest). Editor-at-Large for the World Peace Through Technology Organization (peacetour.org). "A real-life Indiana Jones." -CNN The demo is complete for a forthcoming TV series, "American Detour" - written and hosted by Bruce, the series crosses each US state in the most resourceful mode while unearthing unsung heroes. " How difficult to imagine this place without a human presence; how necessary" -Edward Abbey Greetings, I won two bronze awards for two Blue Magazine features in the19th Annual Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition held by the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation - Awards for Work Published in 2002-2003 in 14 categories, the competition was judged by the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Details on www.satw.org. + Article on Marine Travel - Bronze: Bruce Northam, Drifting With Burma's Sea Gypsies, blue Magazine. http://www.blue.com + Article on Adventure Travel - Bronze: Bruce Northam, Night Passes, Will You? blue Magazine - PS, Peter Benchley won the gold in this category. My story is about a survival school in the southern Utah desert. http://www.blue.com/ It's not quite a Pulitzer, but this competition celebrates the highest honors in travel writing. Most of the magazine awards went to Travel & Leisure and National Geographic Traveler. On another note, dozens of my articles are archived in my travel column in The Improper Hamptonian. Regards, |
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