Cruel Way Switzerland to Afghanistan in a Ford 1939

Name: Cruel Way Switzerland to Afghanistan in a Ford 1939
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ISBN: 9780226033044

ISBN-10: 022603304X

ISBN-13: 9780226033044

Edition: 2013

Authors: Ella K. Maillart, Jessa Crispin

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In 1939 Swiss travel writer and journalist Ella K. Maillart set off on an epic journey from Geneva to Kabul with fellow writer Annemarie Schwarzenbach in a brand new Ford. As the first European women to travel alone on Afghanistan’s Northern Road, Maillart and Schwarzenbach had a rare glimpse of life in Iran and Afghanistan at a time when their borders were rarely crossed by Westerners. As the two flash across Europe and the Near East in a streak of élan and daring, Maillart writes of comical mishaps, breathtaking landscapes, vitriolic religious clashes, and the ingenuity with which the women navigated what was often a dangerous journey. In beautiful, clear-eyed prose,The Cruel Wayshows…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 6/10/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English




The Idea



The Start



Italy



Yugoslavia



Sofia



Istanbul



Black Sea



Pontic Range



Bayazit



Azerbaijan



Roads



Nikpeh



Sultanieh



Teheran



Gumbad-I-Kabus



Khorassan



Meshed



Abbas Abad



The Border



Herat



Bala Murghau



Shibargan



Turkestan



Pol-I-Khumri



Do-Au



Bamian



Band-I-Amir



Begram



Kabul



Mandu


Envoi


Dates


Bibliography


Heights and Distances


Index