John Keahey: 4 books
Sicilian Splendors
Discovering the Secret Places That Speak to the Heart
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
"A wondrously joyous account of travel as it should be." –Publishers Weekly
A travel narrative that focuses on Sicily's little-known regions, from the author of Seeking Sicily and Hidden Tuscany.
From Palermo to Castiglione di Sicilia to Alimena, Sicily holds great secrets...
Hidden Tuscany
Discovering Art, Culture, and Memories in a Well-Known Region's Unknown Places
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
In Hidden Tuscany, acclaimed author John Keahey takes the reader into a part of Tuscany beyond the usual tourist destinations of Chianti, Florence, and Siena. The often overlooked western portion of Tuscany is rich with history, cuisine, and scenery begging to be explored, and Keahey encourages travelers...
A Sweet and Glorious Land
Revisiting the Ionian Sea
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
In the winter of 1897-1898, Victorian writer George Gissing made a well-chronicled journey throughout southern Italy. The result was a book, By the Ionian Sea, in which he detailed the influence of ancient Greece on the peninsula and contrasted the glory of Greece and its magnificent cities to the...
Seeking Sicily
A Cultural Journey Through Myth and Reality in the Heart of the Mediterranean
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
"Keahey's exploration of this misunderstood island offers a much-needed look at a much-maligned land."—Paul Paolicelli, author of Under the Southern Sun
Sicily is the Mediterranean's largest and most mysterious island. Its people, for three thousand years under the thumb of one...