ian macpherson strathcarron (2 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Fair. Verschmutzung / Wasserschaden; Abnutzung / Risse - leicht; Gebrochener Buchrucken / Seiten oder Softcover umgeknickt. In 1895/6, the sixty-year-old Mark Twain embarked on a worldwide lecture tour to settle debts from a publishing bankruptcy, which later inspired his final travel book, Following the Equator. Despite his complaints about the journey, he found his time in India--though just over two months--remarkable, accounting for forty percent of the book and widely regarded as its most engaging section. In The Indian Equator, travel trilogist Ian Strathcarron, along with his wife Gillian and their photographer Sita, retraces Twain's path through India. They depart from the historical Bombay and the modern Mumbai, following the old lecture circuit across northern India and into what is now Pakistan, visiting cities like Baroda, Jaipur, Delhi, Agra, Lucknow, Varanasi, Kolkata, Darjeeling, Lahore, and Rawalpindi. By staying in the same Raj clubs, traveling the same train routes, and interacting with both the elite and the impoverished, Strathcarron captures an India that remains vibrant yet traditional. This society is characterized by a clash between the rapidly modernizing and the deeply rooted past. Twain's affection for India in 1896 resonates with Strathcarron, reflecting a love for a country that continues to evolve while holding onto its rich heritage.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Born in 1901 into a troubled childhood in rural Devon, he suffered through the sadism of the English public school system, then in 1918 left for New Zealand where he made his first fortune. There he took up flying and in 1930 became one of the first aviators to fly from London to Sydney. After being the first solo flyer across the Tasmania Sea from New Zealand to Austria, he set off to circle the world, only to crash, nearly fatally, in Japan. After serving in the RAF on World War II, he took up sailing at the age of 54 and in 12 years became the most famous yachtsman in the world. Along the way there are struggles and triumphs, climaxing in being knighted with Sir Francis Drake's sword in G.