Echoes from Far Lands: Stories on Cultures, Farming, and Life - Softcover

Nelson, Ridley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1645431746 ISBN 13: 9781645431749

Verlag: MASCOT BOOKS, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

This richly textured book leads you into cultures and farming across five continents. The author takes you on a lush, lively journey from his birthplace in Australia, to Egypt, to English boarding schools, and to sheep stations in Australia. Step onto a merchant ship, or into a quaint English pub or peaceful village church. Glimpse the lives of African smallholder farmers and the iconic Maasai tribe. Join the author for wildlife tales around a campfire in Kenya. Listen and learn from the wisdom of a progressive women’s group in India. You will find here tales from a wide swath of human life laced with heart, humor and warm wit. In this intimate, wayfaring expedition, watch in horror as an aircraft explodes overhead, cast a line for trout in elephant and lion country, observe the human side of war through the author’s military ancestors, and, at the end of your travels, take a deep breath and settle into a sweeping final chapter that contemplates meaning and life. Join the author on this ride. It will be the journey of a lifetime. ridleynelson.com

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Ridley Nelson has British and Australian citizenships and lives in America. He has lived in England, Australia, Egypt, India, Tanzania, Kenya, and America and visited ninety-five countries. In his youth, he worked as a jackaroo on sheep properties in Australia and took a working passage on a merchant ship. Over his career he worked as an agriculturalist and agricultural economist for several organizations, including two commercial companies, the World Bank, and a British overseas aid program. Now in semi-retirement, he works as a rural development and project evaluation consultant. He sails a Laser dinghy, is a fly fisher and surf fisher, and continues an amateur interest in elephants and wildlife management. While he has authored published professional reports and papers, this is his first book. He writes poetry, more for the creative challenge than for publication, but three have been published. He has been a guest lecturer on a cruise ship. He lives in Northern Virginia with his wife Laila, an American citizen originally from Afghanistan.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: MASCOT BOOKS
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1645431746
• ISBN 13: 9781645431749
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 263
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar