My Life as an Explorer

Name: My Life as an Explorer
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ISBN: 9781590480762

ISBN-10: 1590480767

ISBN-13: 9781590480762

Edition: N/A

Authors: Sven Hedin

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This is that rarest of books, the one you grab when the house is on fire, or you re about to be marooned on a desert island with nothing else to read. Sven Hedin was not only one of the greatest explorers of the nineteenth century, he was also a brilliant storyteller. Nowhere does the Swedish author tell a tale of excitement, adventure, danger, travel, and hair-raising escape like he does in My Life as an Explorer . Written in an engaging anecdotal style, Hedin explains how he first went to Persia in 1885. Even this first trip was full of mishaps, as he nearly lost his life riding across the snow-covered Elbruz mountains during a fierce snow-storm. Yet Hedin miraculously survived and went…

Book details

Publisher: Long Riders' Guild Press, The
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 548
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.090
Language: English