Old Calabria

Douglas, Norman

ISBN 10: 0810160226 / ISBN 13: 9780810160224

Verlag: Marlboro Press, 1996

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.86. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G0810160226I4N00

Inhaltsangabe:

First published in 1915, Old Calabria is a comprehensive and exciting account of adventure travel. Captivated by the pagan quality of the mezzogiorno, Norman Douglas plunged into Calabria, the southernmost and most backward part of Italy (a province that was still largely devoid of any form of modern amenity). He endured extremes of climate, scaled mountains, rode in carriages driven by villainous coachmen, and traversed remote stretches of country where murderous groups of banditti were known to roam. As Jon Manchip White points out in his introduction, it "makes good reading, but it must have constituted a protracted and frightening ordeal--frightening, that is, to anyone except someone like Douglas, possessed of a more than normal share of guts and fortitude.". NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

George Norman Douglas (8 December 1868 – 7 February 1952) was a British writer, now best known for his 1917 novel South Wind.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Old Calabria
Verlag: Marlboro Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Very Good
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