In the Footsteps of Dracula: A Personal Journey and Travel Guide by Steven P. Unger
by Steven P. Unger
(Elk Grove, CA, USA)
Cover: In the Footsteps of Dracula
In the Footsteps of Dracula: A Personal Journey and Travel Guide, is published and distributed by World Audience Publishers. (http://worldaudience.powweb.com/pubs_bks/Dracula.html).
Photoarticles describing Footsteps have been published in the online magazine Romar Traveler at http://www.romartraveler.com/ROMAR07/Romar07Pages/Europe/DRACULA.html; Patricia's Vampire Notes at http://patricias-vampire-notes.blogspot.com/2010/09/steve-unger-guest-blog-and-contest.html; and in The Copperfield Review at http://www.copperfieldreview.com/interviews/unger.htm, among many other sites.
Comprising approximately 30,000 words and 185 photographs, In the Footsteps of Dracula is the first and only book to include:
For the armchair traveler, pictures and descriptions, in memoir form, of every site in England and Romania that is closely related to either Bram Stoker's fictional Count Dracula or his historical counterpart, Prince Vlad Dracula the Impaler.
A thorough history based on original research and face-to-face interviews with experts?such as the Man in Black of Whitby, England?of how the novel Dracula came into being, and almost never happened.
The true life story of Vlad the Impaler, connecting his lineage for the first time in print to the Brotherhood of the Wolf, which had already survived for two thousand years when Prince Vlad was born in 1431.
For the independent traveler who would leave his armchair for the Great Unknown, a Practical Guide to the Dracula Trail, including a complete Sample Itinerary with recommendations for lodging and detailed instructions on traveling to each British or Romanian Dracula-related town or site?at a small fraction of the cost of Western European-only travel. Also in the Practical Guide are sections on money; recommended reading; modes of transportation; security and health; internet access, shopping, and cable TV; and alternatives to independent travel.
Between January 2010, when the 1st Edition of In the Footsteps of Dracula: A Personal Journey and Travel Guide was published, and December of that year, almost 100 related reviews and articles appeared in print and online.
Ranging from horror fanzines to scholarly journals, and originating from locations throughout the United States to countries as disparate as England, Canada, Ireland, Scotland, and South Africa, the reviews of In the Footsteps of Dracula: A Personal Journey and Travel Guide were not only overwhelmingly positive, but cried out for more back-story, travel guide updates, and even deeper insight into the mind of Bram Stoker and the influences and inspirations that drove him to write his undying Gothic novel, Dracula.
In response, the 2nd Edition of In the Footsteps of Dracula: A Personal Journey and Travel Guide was released on December 21, 2010. The 2nd Edition, available now as a paperback and e-book from its dedicated World Audience Web page well as from www.amazon.com, www.amazon.co.uk, www.barnesandnoble.com, www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.de, and www.amazon.com/Kindle), includes:
References, Web Links, and Costs Updated to December 2010;
The First Review of Dracula Ever Written, Published in the Manchester Guardian on June 15, 1897;
A New Section on Bram Stoker's Dublin;
A Rare Photo of a Wolf-Dragon, the Original Source of the Name "Dracula," Carved Within the Ruins of a Prehistoric Dacian Temple in Transylvania; and much, much more!
In Flames Rising Dot Com (http://www.flamesrising.com/footsteps-of-dracula-review/), reviewer Jason Thorson wrote:
In the Footsteps of Dracula: A Personal Journal and Travel Guide (Second Edition) is exactly what the title implies it is. But what the title doesn't imply is how rich this book is with information. It really is stunning. Steven P. Unger deserves high praise for the mere existence of his opus; but moreover, the book is well written and provides the ultimate tome of Dracula data for classic horror fans. You?ll be hard pressed to find a more entertaining nonfiction read.
Book Title: In the Footsteps of Dracula: A Personal Journey and Travel Guide
Author: Steven P. Unger
Publisher: World Audience, Inc.
ISBN: 978-1-935444-53-4
Publication Date: January 2010
Price: $20.00; 258 pages with 185 black-and-white photos
Distributors: US: Ingram (www.ingrambook.com), Amazon.com (www.amazon.com), Baker & Taylor (www.btol.com), Barnes & Noble (www.barnesandnoble.com), NACSCORP (www.nacscorp.com); UK: Amazon.co.uk (retailer, www.amazon.uk), Bertrams (wholesaler, www.betrams.com, Blackwell (library supplier, www.blackwell.com/library_services), Book Depository (Amazon Marketplace, www.bookdepository.co.uk), Coutts (library supplier, www.couttsinfo.com), Dawson (library supplier, www.dawson.co.uk), Gardners (wholesaler, www.gardners.com), Mallory International (wholesaler, www.malloryint.co.uk), Paperback Bookshop (Amazon Marketplace, www.paperbackshop.co.uk).
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