A Maverick Traveller (Simplified Chinese Edition)

BY THE AUTHOR OF A MAVERICK NEW ZEALAND WAY, FINALIST IN TRAVEL AT THE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS, 2018.

At twenty, Mary Jane left New Zealand for five years. A Maverick Traveller begins with an epic voyage on a Chinese junk named La Dame de Canton, and then goes on to describe her later adventures worldwide.

Mary Jane travels with no real plans and decides where to go and what to see next when she gets there. She likes to explore the culture and history of places that are off the beaten track as well as places that are well known, and to talk to the local people.

Whether she was eating dog unintentionally in Indonesia, meeting the rapper 50 Cent before he was famous at a back-packers, seeing Putin in Red Square, being followed around as a suspicious character by intelligence services and police in Russia, Turkey and the USA, or kicking a U.S. nuclear submarine in New Zealand, she shares her unique stories and experiences.

By the time she sat down to write her books Mary Jane had travelled the world, from the Arctic Circle to working as a park ranger on an uninhabited island administered by New Zealand's Department of Conservation. She spent two years (mostly naked) on La Dame de Canton; drank hallucinogenic tea in the Amazon rainforest; and got so lost she ended up at Robin Hood's hiding-place.

A Maverick Traveller is Mary Jane's first book, and it introduces the other books in her series. This is the first time that Chinese readers get to experience the charm of this renowned traveller.

About the author

Mary Jane Walker turned down literary agents and wants to be self published as she is a Maverick. She sat down only in winter of 2016 to write one travel memoir, which has turned into nine books to be released in the following years. Mary Jane Walker is a writer of historically well-informed travel memoirs that come with an autobiographical flavour. She has been described as a younger, female Bill Bryson, though with her own unique voice.

By the time she sat down to write her books, Mary Jane had travelled the world, from the Arctic Circle to work as a park ranger on an uninhabited island administered by New Zealand's Department of Conservation. She had accumulated suitcases full of photo albums, loose photographs, correspondence, and souvenirs. She had also spent two years (mostly naked) on La Dame de Canton; drunk hallucinogenic tea in the Amazon rainforest; and got so lost she ended up at Robin Hood's hiding-place.

A Maverick Traveller is the first in an expanding series of books, all with Maverick in their titles, namely:

* A Maverick New Zealand Way is about Mary Jane's outdoor adventures all around New Zealand, 55 walks and 40 mountains.
A Maverick Cuban Way is about Mary Jane's recent travels to Cuba. She trekked to Fidel's hide out from the CIA in the Sierra Maestro Mountains.

* A Maverick Pilgrim Way is about the pilgrim trails Mary Jane has completed across Europe, including sections of the Camino de Santiago or St James Way, plus climbing Mont Blanc Europe's highest mountain.

* A Maverick USA Way is about Mary Jane's experiences in the USA around the time of the recent presidential election. She saw a Grizzly, loved Detroit, Grand Tetons, Yosemite and Little Rock, and spent time at Standing Rock.

* A Maverick Himalayan Way is about Mary Jane's walk through different parts of the Himalayas for three months; ascent to Everest base camp in the Himalayas and to the base of Terich Mir in Pakistan. Kashmir, Dharamsala and Sikkim.

* A Maverick Inuit Way and the Vikings is about Mary Jane's experiences, thoughts and activities in Scandinavia and the Arctic. She got dished up seal meat and ate it, and went dog sledding in Greenland.

* A Maverick Middle Eastern Way is about Mary Jane's travels in Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. Not all the Middle East is desert. Visit a land of beautiful mosques, where the culture that built the taj mahal originated.

* A Maverick Australian Way is about Mary Jane's travels and experiences in Australia, her love of trekking.

Please view Mary Jane's website a-maverick.com

Product details

• Authors: Mary Jane Walker
• Publisher: Solid Software Pty Ltd
• Languages: Chinese
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781925462623
• ISBN: 978-1-925462-62-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 443 g
• Subject: Travel > Travel guides > World, Arctic, Antarctic