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Frommer's launches new guidebook series
YOUR E-MAIL ALERTSNEW YORK (AP) -- A new series of Frommer's guidebooks is coming out -- but these will carry the name of Pauline Frommer rather than her famous father, Arthur. The books are geared to "the adult budget traveler -- but not the backpacker," Pauline Frommer said at an August 1 event in Manhattan to celebrate the launch of "Pauline Frommer's Travel Guides." The event was attended by her 76-year-old father, whose "Europe on $5 A Day" demystified overseas travel in the 1950s for average Americans on a budget. "It's in the blood," said the younger Frommer, 40, who grew up traveling with her parents and who has worked on other Frommer's books. She will edit all the books in the new series and write some of them, including "Pauline Frommer's New York City," one of the first three. Also out already are "Pauline Frommer's Hawaii" and "Pauline Frommer's Italy." Editions on Paris, London, Costa Rica and Las Vegas are due out later this year. They are priced $16-$20. Frommer said the books have a bigger focus on alternative accommodations -- ranging from bed-and-breakfasts to monasteries -- than most guidebooks, and also include recommendations for how to rent apartments, homes and villas. There is also advice on where the locals eat, when to get the best deals and how to use Web-booking services to your advantage. In addition, Frommer said, she hopes the books will help readers find what she called "the other New York, the other Paris, the other Las Vegas. How do you get under the skin of a city, but also how do you meet the locals?" In the New York guide, for example, you'll learn how to get a tango lesson at the Argentinian Embassy, a cooking class with a top chef, or a ping-pong session with a grandmaster. In the Hawaii book, you learn about the kava bar, "where you can try this mild sedative used in Hawaiian rituals while people are jamming on slack-key guitars," she said. The Italy book lists resources for learning Italian cooking, arts like making marbleized paper and even how to become a gondolier for a day. "We try and dig deep into authentic travel experiences," she said. Arthur Frommer said his daughter's series "goes back to the original way" that he wrote the first "Europe on $5 A Day" guidebooks -- "no holds barred and intensely personal." The elder Frommer began traveling in Europe after being drafted into the Army in the 1950s, and he self-published his first book as a guide for other U.S. servicemen there. The book did so well that he rewrote it for a civilian audience. Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. 
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