The ''Satchel Guide'' was a series of tourist's travel
guide book
A guide book or travel guide is "a book of information about a place designed for the use of visitors or tourists". It will usually include information about sights, accommodation, restaurants, transportation, and activities. Maps of varying det ...
s to Europe, first published in 1872 by
Hurd & Houghton
Henry Oscar Houghton (; April 30, 1823 – August 25, 1895) was an American publisher, co-founder of Houghton Mifflin, and a mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Biography
Houghton was born into a poor family in Sutton, Vermont. At age thirteen, ...
of New York. It continued annually until at least 1939. Authors included William Day Crockett, Sarah Gates Crockett,
William James Rolfe.
References
Further reading
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1872 ed.Index*
1881 ed.Index** .
Index* {{cite book , title=Satchel Guide to Spain and Portugal , year=1930 , location=Boston , publisher= Houghton Mifflin , url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001858183
Index
External links
* Hathi Trust
Satchel Guide 1872-
Travel guide books
Series of books
Publications established in 1872
1872 establishments in New York (state)
Tourism in Europe