Robert Louis Demayo

Broschiertes Buch

The Wayward Traveler

A young man searches the pre-internet world for meaning in this real-life, coming-of-age story.

Beschreibung

A young man searches the pre-internet world for meaning while traveling on an extreme budget in this real-life, coming-of-age story. The Wayward Traveler follows the adventures of Louis, an American who, in 1985, is determined to travel the world. The story takes place in forty countries and spans ten years: from the deck of a felucca on the Nile to the scorched dunes of India's Thar Desert to the powerful Beni River in the Amazon Basin. Louis is broke most of the time and spends considerable effort trying to get by. Along the way, he meets other travelers, learns how to get by on the road, and eventually develops a list of Rules for Survival that help him get by. The Rules might seem trivial to someone reading in the safety of their home, but to Louis, they are his compass. Embrace the Unknown... Choose Your Battles... Don't Chase the Fire... each one has a story behind it-or in this case a Chapter. These travels took place before the internet and cell phones shrunk the world to pocket format. Guidebooks were still non-existent for many of the places, and there were still a few dark spots left on the world's maps. Whether you're a traveler or an armchair traveler, this book will make you feel the road.

Autor

Robert Louis DeMayo is a native of Hollis, New Hampshire, U.S.A., but has lived in many corners of the planet. He traveled to nearly a hundred countries before he was thirty, crossing many of them overland. He began writing at the age of twenty when he left his job as a biomedical engineer to explore the world. His extensive journaling during his travels inspired five of his novels and far-reaching work for the travel section of The Telegraph, out of Nashua, New Hampshire, as well as the Hollis Times. He is a member of The Explorers Club and chair of its Southwest Chapter.His undying hunger for exploration led to a job marketing for Eos Study Tours, a company that serves as a travel office for non-profit organizations and offers dives to the Titanic and the Bismarck, Antarctic voyages, African safaris and archaeological tours throughout the world. For several years following that role, Robert worked as a tour guide in Alaska and the Yukon during the summer and as a jeep guide in Arizona during the winter. He was made general manager of the jeep tour company but eventually left the guiding world to write full-time.Robert is the author of eight novels that have collectively won ten national awards. His printed books and eBooks are available on Amazon, KDP and Ingram. In addition, several of his stories are available as audiobooks on ACX. He resides in Sedona, Arizona, with his three daughters: Tavish Lee, Saydrin Scout, and Martika Louise.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wayward Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 710
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 1010g
• ISBN-13: 9780991118366
• ISBN-10: 0991118367
• Artikelnr.: 45634584