Among Insurgents: Walking Through Burma Revised Edition Contributor(s): Tucker, Shelby (Author) |
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ISBN: 0007127057 ISBN-13: 9780007127054 Publisher: Flamingo OUR PRICE: $14.24 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2001 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Travel | Asia - Southeast - Biography & Autobiography | Adventurers & Explorers - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
Dewey: 915.910 |
Series: Walking Through Burma |
Physical Information: 1.07" H x 5" W x 8" (0.85 lbs) 416 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: An adventure story of real risk-taking and the heroic age of travel. Ten years ago, at the age of 53, Shelby Tucker set out to cross Burma on foot from China to India when land access to Burma was forbidden. Tucker had a rucksack, a diary and some inaccurate maps. He recruited a 6ft 4in Swede, Mats, whom he had met on the train to Beijing. Near the beginning of their walk through the jungle they encountered a group of naked boys bathing - they realized too late that their Chinese Army uniforms were on the banks. With typical sangfroid, Tucker leapt in to join them, shouting incomprehensible English greetings... Among Insurgents was Colin Thubron's Book of the Year, The Guardian's number 1 travel hardback and the Sunday Times' number 2. It recevied warm acclaim from Anthony Sattin ('packed with insights into tribal identity and the opium trade'), Robert Carver ('outstandingly well written in the insouciant Peter Fleming tradition'), Sara Wheeler ('a thrilling book') and it must surely be shortlised for the Thomas Cook Award. |