Newby Eric - A Travellers Life - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: A chronicle of travels some homely some exotic from the man who can make a schoolboy holiday in Swanage as colourful as a walk in the Hindu Kush. Eric Newby's life of travel began in 1919, on pram - ride adventures with his mother into the dark streets of Barnes and the chaotic jungles of Harrods and progressed to solo school - bound adventures around the slums of darkest Hammersmith. His interest piqued Newby's wanderlust snowballed and his adventures multiplied as he navigated the London sewer system bicycled to Italy and meandered the wilds of New York's Broadway. Whether travelling abroad as a high - fashion buyer for a British department store or for pure adventure as a travel writer even when reluctantly participating in a tiger shoot in India Newby chronicles his adventures with verve humour and infectious enthusiasm. After nine years as the travel editor for the Observer Newby reluctantly gave up the post eschewing the new form of human - as - freight travel. However this change was certainly no pity for his readers as the latter - day Newby continued on his unwavering quest for fascinating detail and adventure wherever he roamed whether on two feet or two wheels. A Traveller's Life chronicles the incredible adventures of one of the best - loved tour guides in the history of travel writing.
Title: A Travellers Life
Author(s): Newby Eric
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers
Barcode: 9780007367870
Pages: 304 Pages
Publication Date: 10/28/2010
Category: Travel Writing