A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush

Informationen zum Autor Eric Newby was born in London in 1919. During World War II, he served in the Special Boat Section and was captured. He married the girl who helped him to escape, and for the next 50 years she was at his side on many adventures. After the war, he worked in the fashion business and book publishing but travelled on a grand scale, sometimes as the Travel Editor for the Observer. He was made CBE and awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award of the British Guild of Travel Writers. He died in 2006. Klappentext A classic of travel writing, A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush is Eric Newby s iconic account of his journey through one of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses on earth. Zusammenfassung A classic of travel writing, A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush is Eric Newbyâ™s iconic account of his journey through one of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses on earth.

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A classic of travel writing, A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush is Eric Newby s iconic account of his journey through one of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses on earth.

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A classic of travel writing, A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush is Eric Newbyâ™s iconic account of his journey through one of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses on earth.