A Beachcomber in the Orient (Annotated) - Couverture souple

Foster, Harry L.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1916403301 ISBN 13 : 9781916403307

Editeur : Island Trader Media, 2019

Synopsis

In the early 1920’s American journalist Harry L. Foster embarked on a voyage to Asia with the intention of exploring it in a comfortable and leisurely manner. After being mugged in a Saigon opium den, however, the journey turned out to be anything but.What followed was a rollicking adventure that essentially turned Foster into a “proto-backpacker”. For him, seeing Asia meant riding freight trains, staying in hovels, and paying his way by working as a honky-tonk pianist in bars for colonial sailors, layabouts and chancers.In the uproarious book that resulted, Foster’s eye for detail and pithy style brings to life a world—often still recognisable to the modern traveller—that would soon be transformed by war, decolonisation and economic boom.This annotated edition includes all the original illustrations, a new introduction, a map, and detailed notes. A limited number of changes have also been made to correct some eccentric punctuation, typos and odd spellings in the text of the first edition.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Island Trader Media
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1916403301
• ISBN 13: 9781916403307
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 318
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg