ISBN: 9781922476395 - horizon fever i: explorer a e filby's own account of his extraordinary expedition through africa, 1931-1935 (9 Ergebnisse)

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Not only was A E Filby a famous British explorer, but he was also my Uncle Archie. He died before I was born, but his unpublished manuscript, 'Horizon Fever', and many scrapbooks, survived. Proclaimed 'the World's most travelled motorist', A E Filby undertook some breathtaking expeditions, including his 37,000 mile journey from London to Cape Town and back in a series of dilapidated motorcars.'Horizon Fever' is an honest, colourful, often shocking account; a snapshot of bygone days and attitudes. It tells of missionaries, pygmies, big-game hunting, gold-mining, crossing the Sahara and swimming in the Nile with crocodiles. One of Archie's companions was a monkey called Congo. Another was a dog that adopted him, until it was killed and dragged up a tree by a leopard. Archie himself comes across as a courageous, feisty, quick-tempered, bossy little man, but full of fun, generous and never one to bear a grudge.Thanks to Archie's records and photographs, we have a unique glimpse of an astonishing feat of endurance, 80 years after it was completed. --Victoria Twead.…

Zustand: New. KlappentextProclaimed the World s most travelled motorist , AE Filby undertook some breathtaking expeditions, including his 37,000-mile journey through Africa in a series of dilapidated motorcars.

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Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Proclaimed "the World's most travelled motorist", AE Filby undertook some breathtaking expeditions, including his 37,000-mile journey through Africa in a series of dilapidated motorcars.

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