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Europe Through the Back Door

5 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Mar 8, 2021 by Rick Steves · said 14 times in 2 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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Mar 8, 2021 neutral
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Rick Steves wrote 'Europe Through the Back Door' by transcribing his lectures
“I just sat down and gave my lecture to the paper, and there it was, the first edition of Europe Through the Back Door.”
Rick Steves Mar 8, 2021 ▶ 22:30 Rick Steves' Europe: Rick Steves
Mar 8, 2021 positive
Opinion
Rick Steves: Non-academic persona drove travel guide success
“I think that's part of my how I was successful. Part of my appeal is I'm not a scholar.”
Rick Steves Mar 8, 2021 ▶ 27:12 Rick Steves' Europe: Rick Steves
Mar 8, 2021
Assertion Supported
Steves: First edition of Europe guidebook lacked an ISBN
“It was self-published. I didn't know what an ISBN was, so it didn't have an ISBN, which was stupid.”
Rick Steves Mar 8, 2021 ▶ 25:08 Rick Steves' Europe: Rick Steves
Jul 7, 2025
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Steves printed the first edition of Europe Through the Back Door for a couple thousand dollars
“So it was a lovingly put together pile of a 180 pages, and I took it up to the publisher with, And I dug up all my money, and it would cost a couple thousand dollars, and I got a couple thousand books.”
Rick Steves Jul 7, 2025 ▶ 26:11 Rick Steves' Europe: Rick Steves (2021)
Jul 7, 2025
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Rick Steves: First guidebook split travel skills from 20 destination discoveries
“In the beginning, the book was two halves. It was like two books bound together. The first half was all the skills. Packing, hotels, eating, transportation, communication, you name it. And then the last half were individual chapters on my 20 favorite discoveri…”
Rick Steves Jul 7, 2025 ▶ 24:31 Rick Steves' Europe: Rick Steves (2021)
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