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How to Make Friends and Oppress People: Classic Travel Advice for the Gentleman Adventurer
by Vic Darkwood
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780312366926 |
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
No traveler to date has matched the intrepid 19th-century gentleman for his bravery, derring-do, and ability to make a perfect cup of tea in the most malarial of climes. But the sun has set on the golden age of exploration, and the records of these fearless, mustachioed adventurers have vanished from the shelves. In their place have appeared timorous travel guides written by authors who could hardly locate Rhodesia on a classroom globe let alone comment on the proper etiquette of an Italian duel.
Now, with the publication of Vic Darkwood’s How to Make Friends and Oppress People, at long last today's aspiring adventurers can avail themselves of the best of classic travel advice on such invaluable topics as:
-Using Anthills as Ovens
-Hunting Elephants and Hippos with a Javelin
-Sleeping on a Billiard Table as a Means of Avoiding Vermin
-Digging a Well with a Pointy Stick
Fully illustrated with over 150 drawings and woodcuts, this inestimable collection of wisdom drawn from actual 19th- and early 20th-century guidebooks will prove essential to any traveler looking to enjoy his excursion abroad or hoping to avoid death at the hands of inhospitable natives.
Synopsis:
"How to Make Friends and Oppress People"
"In Which the Author Offers Elucidating Advice on the Subjects of: "
--Fireplaces in Boats
--The Theory of Tea-Making
--Insects, Vermin and Other Troublesome Creatures
--Modes of Salutation
--How to Treat "Banditti"
"­ "--Engaging in a Gun Battle
--Ballooning as a Sport
--Pig-Sticking
--Revolting Food that May Save the Lives of Starving Men
--Learning to Ride a Camel
--Employing a Burly Henchman
"And Many Other Alarming Foreign Customs!"
About the Author
VIC DARKWOOD is a writer, traveler and bon viveur, whose past projects include co-founding The Chap magazine in 1998 and co-writing several tomes, including The Chap Manifesto and Around the World in Eighty Martinis. Mr. Darkwood is currently working on a concise history of marmalade. He is married to Mrs. Darkwood, with no issue.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780312366926
- Subtitle:
- Classic Travel Advice for the Gentleman Adventurer
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Thomas Dunne Books
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- United States - General
- Subject:
- Travel
- Subject:
- General Travel
- Subject:
- Reference - Guides (General)
- Edition Description:
- Us
- Publication Date:
- July 2007
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Y
- Pages:
- 250
- Dimensions:
- 8.50x5.80x.94 in. .81 lbs.
