Publisher's Synopsis
Todays wild journeys differ from 19th-century pioneering
exploration. The challenge is as often as not self-devised,
measured in both psychological and physical dangers. This
new collection of 20th- and 21st-century adventure-travel
writers features Tim Cahill, Ffyona Campbell, Nick Danziger,
Peter Matthiessen and Tim Severin among others with 30
first-hand heart-racing travelogues from the worlds most
remote and perilous places.
" Cahills exploration of the Yellowstone " Kim Salaks trek to
meet the Stone Age peoples of the dark heart of New Guinea
" Nick Danziger crossing the mountains of Soviet-Afghanistan
disguised as a Muslim " Theodore Roosevelt rafting down an
unknown tributary of the Amazon and lots more.
Praise for The Mammoth Book of Travel in Dangerous Places :
'Amazing collection of first-hand travel stories. Brilliant.'
Vernon Coleman, Sunday People
