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Full Tilt : Ireland to India with a Bicycle by Dervla Murphy (2010, Trade Paperback)

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Murphy's charm and gracious sensitivity as a writer and a traveler reveals not only civilizations of exotic people and places but the wonder of a woman alone on an extraordinary adventure.

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PublisherEland Publishing The Limited

ISBN-101906011419

ISBN-139781906011413

eBay Product ID (ePID)126242797

Product Key Features

Book TitleFull Tilt : Ireland to India with a Bicycle

Number of Pages254 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicCycling, Special Interest / General, Essays & Travelogues

Publication Year2010

IllustratorYes

GenreTravel, Sports & Recreation

AuthorDervla Murphy

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Length8.4 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition19

Dewey Decimal915/.04/42

SynopsisBraving hunger, heat exhaustion, unbearable terrain and cultures largely untouched by civilization, Dervla Murphy chronicles her determined trip through nine countries, through snow and ice in the mountains and miles of barren land in the scorching desert. Full Tilt is a highly individual account by a celebrated travel writer based on the daily diary Murphy kept while riding through Yugoslavia, Persia, Afghanistan, over the Himalayas to Pakistan and into India. Murphy's charm and gracious sensitivity as a writer and a traveler reveals not only civilizations of exotic people and places but the wonder of a woman alone on an extraordinary adventure., Originally published in 1965, it is the diary of her bicycle trek from Dunkirk, across Europe, through Iran and Afghanistan, over the Himalayas to Pakistan and India. Murphy's immediate rapport with the people she alights among is vibrant and appealing and makes her travelogue unique. Venturing aloneaccompanied only by her bicycle, which she dubs Rozthe indomitable Murphy not only survives daunting physical rigors but gleans considerable enjoyment in getting to know peoples who were then even more remote than they are now.--Publishers Weekly. "This book recounts a trip, taken mostly on bicycle, by a gritty Irishwoman in 1963. Her route was through Yugoslavia, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and ended in New Delhi. She carried a pistol, got sunstroke, and suffered the usual stomach disorders. She endured bad accommodations but reaped much local hospitality, too, including a dinner with the Pakistani president. Most of the book concerns the high mountain country of Afghanistan and Pakistan...A spirited account."--Library Journal., Shortly after her tenth birthday, inspired by an atlas she was given, Dervla Murphy decided that she would one day cycle to India. Almost twenty years later she set out to achieve her ambition on her bicycle, Roz. Here she describes her journey and experiences.

LC Classification NumberG269.52