Adventure Guide Hotel Stories

by Matteoli, Francisca

• ISBN13: 9782843236679
• ISBN10: 2843236673
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-04-15
• Publisher: Assouline

Table of Contents

A Cabin in the Trees---Jack Kerouac---Big Sur	6	(6)
A Kasbah by the Dunes---The Man Who Would Be King---Morocco	12	(6)
On Horseback Like Herdsmen---Vincent van Gogh---Camargue	18	(6)
Sailing Across the Bosporus---Freya Stark---Turkey	24	(4)
On the Aboriginal Trail---Bruce Chatwin---Australia	28	(6)
Tackling Mont Blanc---Roger Frison-Roche---Chamonix	34	(4)
From Moscow to Vladivostok, A Mythical Train---Doctor Zhivago---Siberia	38	(6)
At the School for Sorcerers---Harry Potter---Oxford	44	(4)
On the Inca Trail---Hiram Bingham---Machu Picchu	48	(6)
Highway 66 on a Harley-Davidson---Easy Rider---Taos	54	(4)
Meeting Gorillas---Dian Fossey---Rwanda	58	(6)
The Burma Road Legend---Martha Gellhorn---Burma	64	(4)
Survival in the Brazilian Jungle---Peter Fleming---Amazonia	68	(4)
Rafting the Rapids---The River Wild---Oregon	72	(6)
In the Heat of the Haciendas---Graham Greene---Mexico	78	(4)
Dive to the Heart of the Falls---Niagara---Niagara Falls	82	(4)
Voyage in the Greek Islands---Ella Maillart---The Mediterranean Sea	86	(4)
Marching in the Rio Carnival Parade---Orfeu Negro---Rio de Janeiro	90	(4)
Climbing to the Top of the World---Sir Edmund Hillary---Nepal	94	(6)
Canoeing with the Indians---Little Big Man---Alberta	100	(4)
Living in an Igloo---Robert E. Peary---The North Pole	104	(6)
A Cowboy's Life---John Wayne---Colorado	110	(6)
Off to Meet the Gauchos---Francisco Coloane---Patagonia	116	(6)
Racing Around a Legendary Circuit---Steve McQueen---Le Mans	122	(6)
Camel Riding in the Desert---Lawrence of Arabia---Wadi Rum	128	(4)
Journey in a Hot-Air Balloon---Bertrand Piccard---Chateau d'Oex	132	(6)
On a Dhow in the Red Sea---Henri de Monfreid---The Red Sea	138	(6)
A Masai Hut in the Bush---Mogambo---Tanzania	144	(6)
Flyfishing in Montana---A River Runs Through It---Montana	150	(6)
Missions in the Virgin Forest---The Mission---Iguazu	156	(6)
At the Foot of the Khmer Temples---Somerset Maugham---Angkor	162	(4)
An Exceptional Nile Cruise---Death on the Nile---Egypt	166	(4)
Donkey Trekking---Robert Louis Stevenson---Cevennes	170	(4)
A Safari in the Wild---African Queen---Uganda	174	(6)
The Land of Dracula---Lee Miller---Romania	180	(6)
In the Sahara, A Thousand-Year-Old Oasis---Antoine de Saint-Exupery---The Sahara	186	(4)
And Also...
Bibliography	190	(1)
Photo Credits	191	(1)
Acknowledgments	192