An Incredible Journey: The Lost World of the 1930s Circled by Two Men in One Small Car - Couverture souple

Falls, Alison; Reisch, Max; Reisch, Peter H.; Reisch, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1787111652 ISBN 13 : 9781787111653

Editeur : Veloce, 2017

Synopsis

In May 1935, 22-year-old Max Reisch and 19-year-old Helmuth Hahmann set out in a small motor car to find a land route from India to China. Their journey across Asia took them from Haifa to Tokyo. In this lively account, the author regales us with one story after another, struck with wonder or struggling against disaster in countries which deeply concern us today: Iraq with its oilfields, ancient Iran in the throes of modernisation, proud Afghanistan, and British India with its stunning variety of civilisation. Before the building of the Burma Road, driving from India to southern China meant sinking over the axles in mud on forest tracks and crossing torrents on rickety ferryboats. It also meant encounters with strange and fascinating peoples and places. With war already on the horizon, Reisch and Hahmann completed their round-the-world trip via Japan and the United States, arriving back in Vienna in December 1936. Originally written by Max Reisch in German, this brand new English translation by Alison Falls captures all the excitement of the journey, and features fascinating historical photos of the journey from the Reisch archives.

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À propos de l'auteur

Maximilian Felix Gottfried Reisch (1912-1985) made his first pioneering long-distance journey when he was still a 20-year-old student in Vienna in 1933. Together with fellow-student Herbert Tichy on pillion, he rode a 250cc Puch light motorcycle from Vienna to Bombay, crossing Iraq, Iran and Baluchistan (as documented in his book "India - The Shimmering Dream"). In another break from his studies in 1935, Reisch undertook a motorcar expedition into Asia which became the round-the-world trip documented in this book. After the war, Reisch worked in the family wholesale grocery business, but by the 1950s he was again pushing back the boundaries of motor travel with journeys to the Middle East and the desert regions which so attracted him. Max wrote his adventures in a racy personal style which in no way obscures the carefully recorded details of the world he knew.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Veloce
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1787111652
• ISBN 13: 9781787111653
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible