Around the world on a motorcycle : 1928 to 1936
Sulkowsky, Zoltan2013
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The year was 1928 when two young Hungarians decided to travel around the world on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle with sidecar. This account of Sulkowsky's trip with friend Gyula Bartha gives a very clear-eyed view of the world in the 1930s.
Main title:
Around the world on a motorcycle : 1928 to 1936 / by Zoltan Sulkowsky ; English translation by Noemi M. Najbauer
Imprint:
Center Conway N.H. Whitehorse Press 2013
Collation:
413 p. illustrations
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Still in Europe -- Sicilian Roads -- Beginnings -- Getting Started -- Across Africa -- Moroccan Trails -- Continuing through Arab Lands -- The Sands of Tripolitania -- In the Land of the Pharaohs -- The Roundabout Way to India -- The Ruthless Roads of Asia Minor -- An Encounter with Syrian Bedouins -- Heading in a New Direction -- Balkans: the Back of Beyond -- To India -- The Secret Kingdom -- India, and What We Found There -- Vultures or worms? -- New Adventures, New Surprises -- Monuments and Wild Animals -- Ceylon: Pearl of the East -- The Roads of White Australia -- No Savages, No Kangaroos -- 11,000 Kilometers Around Australia -- Exciting Days in the Wilds -- The Ancient Lands of Malaysia -- Equatorial Islands -- Jungles, Wild Beasts, Savages -- The Most Beautiful Park in Creation -- Siam and Indochina -- Home of the White Elephant -- French Indochina: A Hunters Paradise -- Extreme Orient -- The Horrors of the Yellow Kingdom -- Manchuria, Chosen, and Japan -- The New World -- Evergreen California -- Of Hungarian-American Institutions -- The Anti-pioneer Story: From the West to the East -- Sunny Mexico, Cuba, and Panama -- Two Years in South America -- Along the Coast of the Pacific -- Ocean Waves -- The Highest Highway in the World -- Along the Eastern Coast -- Back in Europe -- Concluding Remarks Written upon our Arrival into Hungary
ISBN:
9781884313554 (pbk)
Dewey class:
910.41 ARO
Local class:
910.41
Language:
English
BRN:
215
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 910.41 ARO | pbkAvailable |