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This is Geoffrey Howard's account of pushing a Chinese wheelbarrow, 2000 miles from Beni Abbes in Algeria, to Kano in Nigeria. He wanted to be the first to cross the Sahara Desert on foot, without the aid of a camel, carrying his food and water. This gripping record of of those gruelling 93 days is alight with humour and peppered with the eccentricities of those he met on the way. Chris Bonington said that it is compulsive reading. Humphrey Carpenter said that it is the most extraordinary contemporary travel book he had ever read.
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On Christmas Eve, Geoffrey Howard left Beni Abbes, Algeria, to cross the Sahara. With only the clothes he stood in, and a Chinese sailing wheelbarrow to carry his belongings, he aimed to be the first man to cross the Sahara on foot, unaided by vehicle or camel, and using only natural supplies and watering points. 94 days and almost 2000 miles later, he arrived in Kano. This book tells his story.
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- PublisherGrafton
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0586213775
- ISBN 13 9780586213773
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages208
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reprint; First Printing. Some cover creases and shelf wear. ; First printing of Grafton paerback edition, 1992. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; B&W Photographs; 204 pages; On Christmas Eve, Geoffrey Howard, a paris h priest from Manchester, left Beni Abbes in Algeria. His destination was Kano in Nigeria. With only the clothes he stood in, and a Chinese sailing wheelbarrow to carry his belongings, he aimed to be the first man to cross the Sahara on foot, unaided by vehicle or camel, and using only natural supply and watering points. Foreword by Chris Bonnington. Seller Inventory # 25290
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