1936--ON THE CONTINENT

Download or read book 1936--ON THE CONTINENT written by Fodor's Travel Guides and published by Fodor's Travel. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 761 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three years before the start of WWII, Eugene Fodor published his first guidebook, 1936–-On the Continent–The Entertaining Travel Annual. Fodor's goal was to create a fun-to-read, annually updated guidebook about Europe that emphasized the people and culture of a country--a radical change from the traditional guidebook approach. Seventy-five years later, On the Continentgives readers a nostalgic glimpse and sentimental grand tour of pre-WWII Europe. Today, Fodor's is one of the world's largest and most trusted brands in travel, covering more than 600 destinations worldwide in guidebooks, on Fodors.com, in ebooks and iPhone apps.