Crossing the Heart of Africa: An Odyssey of Love and Adventure

Author: Julian Smith Juilian Smith
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Category: Memoirs, Adventure Books, Guidebooks, Travel Writing
Book Format: Paperback

The amazing true story of Julian Smith, who retraced the journey of legendary British explorer Ewart The Leopard Grogan, the first man to cross the length of Africa, in hopes of also winning the heart of the woman he loved. In 1898, the dashing young British explorer Ewart the Leopard Grogan was in love. In order to prove his mettle to his beloved - and her aristocratic stepfather - he set out on a quest to become the first person to walk across Africa, a feat hitherto thought by many explorers to be impossible. (New York Times, 1900). In 2007, thirty-five-year-old American journalist Julian Smith faced a similar problem with his girlfriend of six years ...and decided to address it in the same way Grogan had more than a hundred years before: he was going to retrace the Leopard's 4,500-mile journey for love and glory through the lakes, volcanoes, savannas, and crowded modern cities of Africa. Smith interweaves both adventures into a seamless narrative in Crossing the Heart of Africa: the story of two explorers, a century apart, who both traversed the length of Africa to prove themselves ...and came back changed men.

About Julian Smith
Julian Smith received a Banff Mountain Book Award for Crossing the Heart of Africa and has written for Outside, Smithsonian, Wired, Men's Journal, National Geographic Traveler, Discover, and the Washington Post.

(BK-9780061873478)

SKU BK-9780061873478
Barcode # 9780061873478
Brand Harper Perennial
Artist / Author Julian Smith Juilian Smith
Shipping Weight 0.2000kg
Shipping Width 0.140m
Shipping Height 0.020m
Shipping Length 0.200m
Assembled Length 13.500m
Assembled Height 20.300m
Assembled Width 2.100m
Type Paperback

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