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Travel Writer Eric Newby Is Dead
The British absolutely love travel writing and they do it better than
anyone. I don't mean travel guides like Lonely Planet. I mean
nonfiction memoirs that detail a person's experience in some exotic
locale. Author Eric Newby just died and he was one of the most
acclaimed travel writers of all -- for the British, that's saying
something. I tried to find an excuse to interview him for years, but now
it's too late. Newby escaped from a prisoner of war camp during World
War II, met his wife in Italy while doing so and never stopped having
grand adventures. A Short Walk In The Hindu Kush is one of his
classics -- you'll especially like it if you've seen the terrific adventure
film "The Man Who Would Be King" starring Michael Caine and Sean
Connery. The book is set in the same isolated territory they venture to.
And it has a heck of a kicker typical of Newby -- humorous, deflating,
and very human. His The Last Grain Race is another gem, this one
about sailing on one of the last commercial runs of a sailing ship -Newby was 18 at the time, which means he didn't need the war to get
him going. Those are two of my favorites but anything with his name
on it is a safe bet.
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