Richard Halliburton

Broschiertes Buch

The Royal Road to Romance

Travelers' Tales Classics

Beschreibung

A rousing odyssey of youth and adventure from the premier travel writer of his time. "The Royal Road to Romance" chronicles the author's choice of adventure over career after graduating from college in the early 1900s, and includes his recollections of a breakthrough ascent of the Matterhorn to being jailed on Gibraltar for taking forbidden photos. "One of the most fascinating books of its kind ever written".--"Detroit News".

Autor

Richard Halliburton was a writer, lecturer, and world traveler. He published numerous books in his short lifetime, including The Royal Road to Romance, Glorious Adventure, and The Complete Book of Marvels. Halliburton is known for having paid the lowest toll to cross the Panama Canal, which he swam in 1928, paying 36 cents. Born in Tennessee in 1900, Halliburton died in 1939 as he and his crew attempted to sail a Chinese junk, the Sea Dragon, from Hong Kong to San Francisco as a publicity stunt. The vessel was unseaworthy and went down in a storm, apparently shortly after Halliburton sent out his last signal: "Southerly gales, squalls, lee rail under water, wet bunks, hard tack, bully beef, wish you were here-instead of me!"

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Travelers' Tales
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. August 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 204mm x 131mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781885211538
• ISBN-10: 1885211538
• Artikelnr.: 21598128