Feed the adventurer in you with Origins of a Journey, more than 120 stories of history's most famous travellers and their finest adventures.
Inside each of us lives an explorer who yearns to visit the great unknown. Feed the adventurer in you with Origins of a Journey, more than 120 stories of history's most famous travellers and their finest adventures. These are the tales behind the history's bravest pioneers, bringing you from the ocean's black depths to the top of Mount Everest. Harriet Tubman ferries fugitive slaves along the Underground Railroad-not once, not twice, but 19 times. Teddy Roosevelt risks life, limb, and sanity as he charts the Amazon's River of Doubt. Buoyed by the voice of God, Joan of Arc travels to Vaucouleurs to petition Charles for a chance to fight for France. Charles Darwin notices several different finch species while touring the Galapagos Islands, fundamentally changing how we understand life.
Spanning from 500 BC to today, Origins of a Journey teaches us that there is always value in an adventure, no matter how small-or doomed-it may be.
By:
Daniel Grogan Imprint: CIDER MILL PRESS Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 194mm,
Width: 138mm,
Spine: 35mm
Weight: 385g ISBN:9781604338041 ISBN 10: 1604338040 Pages: 320 Publication Date:01 October 2018 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
