Arthur Frommer, ‘wandering Jew’ who launched a travel guide empire, dies at 95
Starting in 1957 with the bestselling “Europe on 5 Dollars a Day,” Frommer rode a wave of postwar wanderlust among an expanding middle class that had the means and leisure to explore the world in ways once reserved for the very rich. (Frommer later updated the book’s title due to inflation.)
Arthur Frommer, who has died aged 95, created Frommer’s travel guides, introducing Americans to the idea of travelling on a ...
Arthur Frommer, a travel guide entrepreneur whose 1957 book “Europe on 5 Dollars a Day” became an essential companion of middle-class American tourists and spawned a business empire that made ...
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