Horizon Fever II (eBook)

Explorer A E Filby's own account of his extraordinary Australasian Adventures, 1921-1931

A E Filby, Victoria Twead (Autoren)

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2021 | 1., Victoria Twead
192 Seiten
Ant Press (Verlag)
978-1-922476-46-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Even before Archibald Edmund Filby (Victoria Twead's roguish uncle) embarked on his famous African expeditions, he took advantage of a government-sponsored scheme to migrate to Australia. It was 1921 and his daredevil nature soon had him performing reckless feats as a buckjumper in a popular circus rodeo.Whilst trekking through this vast continent, he embraced the opportunity to become a jockey, photographer, actor, pilot, car salesman and pearl diver. But Australia was just a stepping stone for Archie to explore many other colourful far-eastern countries including India, Singapore, Borneo, Java and China. Horizon Fever II covers explorer A E Filby's early years and his descriptions, although utterly fascinating, sometimes make uncomfortable reading.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.7.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Horizon Fever
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Schlagworte: British explorer • early Australia • early explorers • explorer biography • outback Australia • victoria twead • Vintage Cars
• ISBN-10: 1-922476-46-3 / 1922476463
• ISBN-13: 978-1-922476-46-3 / 9781922476463