Near Death in the Desert (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Kuhne, Cecil

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"The night was heavy with foreboding. The rain, which had been spitting down on us during the late afternoon, grew heavier. It hurled into our faces, borne by a wind that was now gusting between the dunes at full force. . . . It was the worst storm we had encountered and Ned was out in it alone.” —Justin Marozzi, South from BarbaryCecil Kuhne's newest anthology gathers the best adventure stories from the world's most barren landscapes. Ranging from 19th-century explorers to modern-day journalists, these desert trekkers deal with everything from deserting men, corrupt armed soldiers, and Nigerian bush taxis to suspicious natives, stubborn camels, and debilitating sunburn. These thirteen tales are more than suspenseful; they also show how life can survive in the most punishing climates.Also featuring: Robyn Davidson's Desert Places-Robyn Davidson follows the Rubari people across the Thar as she tries to adapt to a difficult-but fascinating-way of life. Michael Asher's Two Against the Sahara-Newlyweds embark upon a nine-month, 4500-mile journey across the world's largest desert, traveling from Morocco to Sudan. Bayle St. John's Adventure in the Libyan Desert-In 1847, a team of four trek deep into Libya in search of an oasis. But what they find is even more astounding...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780307793713
• Artikelnr.: 39249043

Autorenporträt

Cecil Kuhne, editor

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Foreword Robyn Davidson
TWO AGAINST THE SAHARA
On Camelback trom Nouakchott to the Nile
Michael Asher
RIDING THE DEMON
On the Road in West Africa
Peter Chilson
DESERT PLACES
Robyn Davidson
SAHARA UNVEILED
A Journey Across the Desert
William Langewiesche
INTO A DESERT PLACE
A 3,000 Mile Walk Around the Coast of Baja, California
Graham Mackintosh
SOUTH FROM BARBARY
Along The Slave Routes Of The Libyan Sahara
Justin Marozzi
THE FEARFUL VOID
Geoffrey Moorhouse
THE EXPLORATION OF THE COLORADO RIVER AND ITS CANYONS
J. W. Powell
ADVENTURES IN THE LIBYAN DESERT
Bayle St. John
GLORY IN A CAMEL'S EYE
Trekking Through the Moroccan Sahara
Jeffrey Tayler
THE LAST NOMAD
One Man's Forty-Year Adventure in the World's Most Remote Deserts,
Mountains and Marshes
Wilfred Thesiger
Forbidden Sands
A Search in the Sahara
Richard Trench
Notes on the Contributors
Permissions
Acknowledgments