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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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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

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