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The forgotten adventures of Richard Halliburton : a high-flying life from Tennessee to Timbuktu
- Title
- The forgotten adventures of Richard Halliburton : a high-flying life from Tennessee to Timbuktu / R. Scott Williams.
- Author
- Williams, R. Scott (Advertising executive)
- Publication
- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2014.
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Book/Text | Use in library | G463 .W6 2014 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 191 pages : illustrations, portraits; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Richard Halliburton ran away from his hometown in Memphis at the age of nineteen to lead an extraordinary and dramatic life of adventure. Against the backdrop of the Golden Age, the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression, Halliburton's exploits around the globe made him an internationally known celebrity and the most famous travel writer of his time. From climbing Mount Olympus in Greece to swimming the Panama Canal and literally flying all the way to Timbuktu, Halliburton experienced and wrote about adventures that others never even believed possible."--Page 4 of cover.
- Subject
- Halliburton, Richard, 1900-1939 > Biography
- Halliburton, Richard, 1900-1939
- Halliburton, Richard 1900-1939
- 1900 - 1999
- Travelers > United States > Biography
- Authors, American > 20th century > Biography
- Voyageurs > États-Unis > Biographies
- Écrivains américains > 20e siècle > Biographies
- Authors, American
- Travelers
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- Biographies
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- In the beginning, Brownsville -- Mary Hutchison -- Heartsick -- Memphis to New Orleans and beyond -- Higher education -- Post Princeton -- The Royal road -- Right time, right place -- Choking destiny -- Bobbs-Merrill -- Drowning in the Hellespont -- What the public wants -- New worlds to conquer -- Ladies' man -- Flying carpet -- Lights, camera, India -- Pinnacle of success -- Hangover house -- The Sea Dragon -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.
- ISBN
- 1626197202
- 9781626197206
- LCCN
- 2014952246
- OCLC
- ocn890068684
- 890068684
- SCSB-9654839
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library