A Book of Traveller's TalesDavid Livingstone on being attacked by a lion in Africa, Cecil Beaton on an evening with the Rolling Stones in Marrakesh, Roman Emperor Hannibal on crossing the Alps, Henry James on the Epsom Derby, John Steinbeck on trying to get out of a small town in upstate New York ... these are some of the more than 300 writers and subjects represented in this veritable Who's Who of travellers from 430 B.C. to the 1980s. |
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Page 82
... turned slightly from me , and I not making much noise . I was not destined to go much further . A step or two more and there was a rustling among some dead leaves . Simultaneously the buffalo's head turned in my direction . A ferocious ...
... turned slightly from me , and I not making much noise . I was not destined to go much further . A step or two more and there was a rustling among some dead leaves . Simultaneously the buffalo's head turned in my direction . A ferocious ...
Page 431
... turned back several times , wandering aimlessly in any direction , and it was with considerable difficulty that the herd could be held on the trail . The rear overtook the lead , and the cattle lost all semblance of a trail herd . Our ...
... turned back several times , wandering aimlessly in any direction , and it was with considerable difficulty that the herd could be held on the trail . The rear overtook the lead , and the cattle lost all semblance of a trail herd . Our ...
Page 494
... turned out , three things made my visit a success . One was my size and drinking capacity ( it was fear - a man travelling alone among reportedly savage Indians dares not get drunk ) ; another was the fact that I never turned down a ...
... turned out , three things made my visit a success . One was my size and drinking capacity ( it was fear - a man travelling alone among reportedly savage Indians dares not get drunk ) ; another was the fact that I never turned down a ...
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Africa American arrived asked beautiful called camels canoe CECIL BEATON clothes Copyright crossed D. H. LAWRENCE dark desert dressed drink East England English traveller ERIC NEWBY expedition explorer eyes face feet fire fish Gobi Desert hair Hakluyt Society hand head horses IBN BATTUTA India Indian island JAN MORRIS JOHN JONATHAN RABAN journey kill King ladies Lake land live London looked LUDOVICO DI VARTHEMA miles morning mountains natives never night North novelist ODORIC OF PORDENONE passed PETER FLEMING quaggas reached Reprinted by permission returned river road rock round seemed seen ship side sight sleep South stone streets thing THOMAS CORYATE thought Tibet told took town trans trees turned voyage walked women wood writer young