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Zusatztext 'Quirky collection' - BBC Wildlife Magazine Informationen zum Autor The stories in this book were selected and edited by Hilary Bradt and Jennifer Barclay.The founder of Bradt guides, Hilary Bradt, has travelled with animals, mostly intentionally, for as long as she can remember. An early memory at primary school was being summoned by the head mistress to be shown her coat, hanging with the others in the hallway. It, and the coats belonging to other little girls, were covered in slimy trails ending in happily exploring snails. She had filled her pockets with them at the bus stop. Later, when lecturing on a cruise ship she lost a Madagascan hissing cockroach in her cabin; fortunately it was retrieved before being found by the cleaning staff. A more successful import from Madagascar was Millicent the giant pill millipede who made it to England disguised as a piece of camera equipment and lived for over a year in an aquarium. The Big Journey with an animal, however, was the thousand-mile ride through the west of Ireland, initially with Mollie (described in this book's predecessor, Roam Alone), and then with Peggy recounted in this new book. Now semi-retired, Hilary lives with her two guinea pigs in Devon. Jennifer Barclay is the author of Meeting Mr Kim: Or How I Went to Korea and Learned to Love Kimchi, Falling in Honey: Life and Love on a Greek Island and An Octopus in my Ouzo: Loving Life on a Greek Island. Growing up in a village in the north of England, she has lived and worked in Canada and France, and travelled around New South Wales, Australia, looking after animals from sheep to pythons. A literary agent and editor since the 1990s, she has been involved with books about both travel and animals for over a decade and co-edited the Bradt anthologies The Irresponsible Traveller, To Oldly Go and Roam Alone. She lives on a small island in the Aegean and when not reading or writing can often be found hiking to beaches or taking ferries to other islands while attached to her dog, Lisa. She is always looking for dog-friendly places to stay and despite the name of her blog, has never put an octopus in ouzo. Klappentext An anthology of stories about travelling with animals, following in the footsteps of the highly successful To Oldly Go and Roam Alone. Vorwort . Follows on the success of To Oldly Go, one of the best-selling travel-writing titles of 2015, and Roam Alone, published to great acclaim in April 2017. Includes brand new writing from Dion Leonard, ultramarathon runner and best-selling author of Finding Gobi. Includes new, fresh writing from previously unpublished authors Zusammenfassung Beastly Journeys: Unusual Tales of Travel with Animals - Travel literature collection of tales of travelling with animals, both intentional and accidental. Includes stories from a mix of previously unpublished writers and old and modern favourites, from David Attenborough to Dion Leonard, Gerald Durrell, Isabella Bird and Robert Louis Stevenson. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Hilary BradtTHE AMERICASFrom Zoo Quest in Paraguay Sir David AttenboroughThe Llama that Couldn't Gordon ThompsonRunning with Parrots Katharine LowrieFrom Eight Feet in the Andes Dervla MurphyBarry's Flying Visit Adrian PhillipsPepper Pays her Passage Celia DillowJust a Dog Emma LaingFrom The Whispering Land Gerald DurrellBeer and Burras Graham MackintoshSpinny the Sea Cat Frances HoworthDapple the Reluctant Donkey John HarrisonEUROPEGoldfish Trek Emma MacdonaldFrom Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes Robert Louis StevensonMonty in a Basket Mike GerrardSmuggling Fleur Hugh TuckerFrom High Albania Edith Durham, selectedand introduced by Elizabeth GowingPolly Kala Mary JohnsUnderstanding Peggy Hilary BradtFrom Zarafa Michael AllinOne Man and a Mule Hugh ThomsonHedgehogs on the Road Tanis JordanFrom The Bible in Spain George BorrowThe Show Must Go On Sarah Pope...
