A short walk into history.(A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush)(Brief article)(Book review)

From: Geographical | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: Smith, Nick | Copyright information

By the time Eric Newby set off in 1956 on an expedition across Central Asia that was to be immortalised in his book A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush, he was already on the road to literary fame. His earlier book, The Great Grain Race, had met with critical acclaim and he was fast gaining a reputation as a travel writer of considerable talent--William Dalrymple recently ventured the opinion that Newby 'virtually invented' travel writing as we know it today.

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