This month, National Geographic Adventure Press issues the 15th-anniversary edition of Tom Miller's The Panama Hat Trail ($14 paperback). For the occasion ...

Interesting voyages and curious fashions have something very important in common. They are enjoyed by people who are apt to take risks, face the unknown, do something exotic and brash. Some people are ...

It would have been fun to eavesdrop on the conversation between Tom Miller and his publisher when he asked for an advance and a letter of introduction for this book. ”You`re going where, to do what?” ...

I first came across a battered paperback on The Panama Hat Trail in my college days, so it was a treat to interview author Tom Miller about his latest book, Cuba, Hot and Cold. Miller came up in the ...

The recent "trucker hat" fad didn't last, but the Panama hat is still drawing fans more than 350 years after its advent. Now, Tucsonans looking for the authentic don't have to look far to pick up the ...