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Your Crocodile has Arrived: true stories from a curious traveler

Laurie McCandish King talks with correspondent Tom Wilmer about her new book, Your Crocodile Has Arrived.
Jim Shubin

Laurie Mcandish King's brilliance as an author was succinctly summed up by noted travel journalist, Jeff Greenwald: "King's curiosity is contagious—whether she's visiting a shrine to Buddha's tooth, undergoing shamanic surgery, or crashing a convention of flying saucer sighters. Her tales glow with wit, warmth and a sense of wonder." Come along a join the conversation on the docks in Morro Bay, California with host, Tom Wilmer and Ms. King.

Laurie McCandish King's new book cover Your Crocodile Has Arrived
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Laurie McCandish King's new book cover Your Crocodile Has Arrived

Author of Your Crocodile Has Arrived, Laurie McAndish King’s award-winning travel stories and photography have appeared in many publications, including Smithsonian magazine, Travelers Tales’ The Best Women’s Travel Writing, and Lonely Planet’s The Kindness of Strangers. Her first book, Lost, Kidnapped, Eaten Alive!True stories from a curious traveler, won four literary awards.

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Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer--winner of the 2016, 2015, 2013 Lowell Thomas Award
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Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer--winner of the 2016, 2015, 2013 Lowell Thomas Award

Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.
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