Publisher's Synopsis
"WHITE GLOVES AND RATTLESNAKES: An Old Broad's Life Travels" is a first person travel memoir. It is an anecdotal account of the sometimes unexpected, often amusing, and generally interesting situations I encountered while exploring the world. Travel always has been a major part of my life. I took my first interstate train trip at age ten days, and actually began traveling totally alone at age six. Thus the first several chapters are distant recollections in order to "set the scene." As an adult, many of my subsequent, more fact-filled excursion descriptions were of trips taken solo, and that may be one reason why I met such a variety of supportive people while delving into the history and culture of each location. I have visited all 50 United States, all seven continents, and traveled down the three longest rivers in the world: the Amazon, Nile, and Yangtze. Each and every trip was enriching in some way, and there was never a dull moment! - Kathleen B.Dempsey
