Wit like a firebomb that you tried to put out with your face.
- Nandroid
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Restless Tribes far transcends the crosscultural sinkbomb spewing typical
go go global village gumbojunk that permeates so plenty of this day's travel
writing. No. This here is a real collection of real short stories. Chock-full
of real pathos, real humor, real madness, real sadness. Did I mention how
it's real?
- Bullfight Review
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Restless Tribes is the real deal. Each story has the bite, taste, and smell
of places you once may have considered to be exotic, but now - with
Ausherman as your guide - have become familiar.As with all great travel,
reading Restless Tribes is so much fun, you hardly realize how much
you've learned until you've finished. It's one of those books you don't
want to end and will return to again and again.
- Gary Mex Glazner,
Author of Ears on Fire: Snapshot Essays in a World of Poets
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A great read, blending just the right amount of travelogue with personal
experience and insight. Ausherman has a special strength in conveying the
plight of the solitary traveler; bridging the language and culture gap in such a
way as to create deep and enduring personal connections with those he visits.
- Steve Savage,
Producer/Host of Behind the Soundbite, WERU Radio
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Restless Tribes is a truly globe-spanning experience that takes in not only
the great places but the ordinary lives of the people who call each location
home. Love, heartbreaking loss, and the struggles of individuals trying to
make sense out of wars, lingering hatred, and even genocide add an
empathetically human touch to this powerful memoir.
- Midwest Book Review
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[Ausherman] certainly had travel experiences like none other I’ve ever
heard about.
- Leslie Clark, KUNM Radio News
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For a fix of travelogues, pick up Stephen Ausherman’s Restless Tribes, an
inspiring anthology of personal travel essays.
- InsideOut Travel
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This guy has been all over the place. ... Restless Tribes is quite a grab bag.
Ausherman describes observing an annual fracas between Protestants and
Catholics in Northern Ireland. He talks about mingling with witch doctors
in Tanzania and the Philippines. He tells us about dogsledding in Alaska,
traveling through the Honduran rain forest with U.S. Marines, saving
one of his students from street thugs in China, and taking a tour to the
demilitarized zone separating North and South Korea. ... Like I said,
Ausherman is a very good writer. In Restless Tribes, he succeeds in
conveying the world-weary joys of escaping the stifling comforts of home.
- Weekly Alibi
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Restless Tribes is a wild ride. Whether cycling through a Manchurian
winter or mushing behind barely controlled huskies in Alaska, restless
traveler Stephen Ausherman dances back and forth across the line
between adventure travel and actual danger then comes back to relate
it all as though he'd been off somewhere doing a sedate two-step.
Armchair travelers, hang on to your seats.
- Jeanie Fleming, Travel Writer
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Ausherman writes in a familiar style, as if he is writing you a letter of his
journey... He does meet some strange folk.
- Albuquerque Journal
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Ausherman has given us an excellent journal... His work truly is an
enlightenment.
- Book Review Cafe
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Entertaining and amusing... travel beyond the ability of most people.
- Book Ideas
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