Black Sea Sketches - Softcover

William Mills

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0972061614 ISBN 13: 9780972061612

Publisher: Chronicles Press, 2002

Synopsis

Book by William Mills

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From the Back Cover:

BLACK SEA SKETCHES is a travel book written for serious travelers, including armchair travelers. Although the author may take an occasional swim or walk the beaches, the book is much more about the history and prehistory, the culture and the contemporary scene than about recreational opportunities. It is the kind of book you would want to read before or during your own travel in these fascinating countries.

The five countries—Ukraine, Rumania, Bulgaria, Turkey, and Georgia—often share military and economic history, but cultural contrasts abound: different alphabets and languages, different religions. While most of Ukraine, Rumania, Bulgaria, and Georgia embrace the Orthodox faith, Turkey is largely Muslim, as is part of the Crimean population. All five of the countries reflect, especially architecturally, the common past of ancient Greece and, most of them, of the later Genoan commercial empire.

Rising above the glittering monuments of the past, however, are the people Mills met and the stories of their lives, often of great courage under pressure and of generosity to a stranger and a traveler.

Comments about other works of William Mills:

"William Mills' stories draw the reader deeply into the hearts and minds of men and women to reveal the essential nature of Man in a world governed by forces so primal there is no resisting their call, no mitigation of their judgment." —Gordon Weaver

"Seldom have I found a contemporary poet so intensely and humanly convincing. Mills' voice is very near the fraternal and memorable sounds we all want to make, and say." —James Dickey

About the Author:

William Mills, the author of 13 books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, is currently a corresponding editor for Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture. He grew up in Louisiana, served in the Security Agency of the U.S. military, taught literature for 20 years at the university level, and has written about, visited, or lectured in 40 countries around the world. He divides his time between his rural retreat in Missouri and his fishing camp in the Everglades of southern Florida.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chronicles Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0972061614
• ISBN 13: 9780972061612
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200