Robinson Crusoe

Defoe, Daniel. Robinson Crusoe. Philadelphia: G.W. Jacobs and Co., 1920.

Robinson Crusoe, set ashore on an island after a terrible storm at sea, is forced to make do with only a knife, some tobacco, and a pipe. He learns how to build a canoe, make bread, and endure endless solitude. That is, until, twenty-four years later, when he confronts another human being.

 

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The Art of Travel

Galton, Francis. The Art of Travel. London: John Murray, 1860.

this book was written after Francis Galton returned from a historic journey into the African interior where he suffered much hardship and danger. After his return to England the famed explorer determined to teach travelers and soldiers the art of self-sufficiency in the field. His literary effort, The Art of Travel, became an instant classic and was used by a host of now-famous explorers, including Sir Richard Francis Burton of Mecca fame. The volume covers a diverse variety of subjects, some expected, as well as a few which are now of great historical interest. Readers will discover how to ride horses, handle elephants, and avoid cobras. Also included are sections on how to pull teeth, find water in a desert, and construct a sleeping bag out of fur. However The Art of Travel also includes detailed information not only on how to organize an African safari but how to discipline the irascible wives of the porters as well! Amply illustrated with dozens of nineteenth century drawings, this rediscovered classic remains fascinating reading for students of the horse or history.

 

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Pedal and Path

Thayer, George B. Pedal and Path: Across the Continent Awheel and Afoot. Hartford: Evening Post Association, 1887.

An account of his journey across America by a member of the Connecticut Bicycle Club published in book form in 1887, having previously appeared in a shorter form as a series of letters in the Hartford Evening Post during the trip itself.

 

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Cook’s Tourist’s Handbook to Switzerland

Thomas Cook. Cook’s Tourist’s Handbook to Switzerland. London: Thomas Cook and Son, Ludgate Circus and Hodder & Stoughton, Paternoster Row, 1874.
 

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En Route, Journal de H. Papillaud et L. Leroy

En Route, Journal de H. Papillaud et L. Leroy. Les Deux Journalistes Francais Partis sans Un Sou de Paris Pour Faire Le Tour Du Monde” 1895.

 

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Il Giro del mondo: giornale di viaggi, geografia e costumi

Charton, Édouard, and Emilio Treves. “Il Giro del mondo: giornale di viaggi, geografia e costumi,” 8, 1867.

 

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Cook’s Grand Excursions to Europe

Thomas Cook. Programme and Itineraries of Cook’s Grand Excursions to Europe, Season 1881, Visiting All Chief Points of Interest in Ireland, Scotland, England, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, Etc., Etc., Leaving New York by Cunard, Inman and Anchor Lines of Steamers, on April 27th, June 11th and July 2d, 1881., 1881.

 

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Revue des deux mondes

“Revue des deux mondes.” Revue des deux mondes, 1829.
 

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Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway

Gladding, Effie Price. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway. New York: Brentano’s, 1915.

From the Pacific to the Atlantic by the Lincoln Highway, with California and the Virginias and Maryland thrown in for good measure! What a tour it has been! As we think back over its miles we recall the noble pines and the towering Sequoias of the high Sierras of California; the flashing water-falls of the Yosemite, so green as to be called Vernal, so white as to be called Bridal Veil; the orchards of the prune, the cherry, the walnut, the olive, the almond, the fig, the orange, and the lemon, tilled like a garden, watered by the hoarded and guarded streams from the everlasting hills; and the rich valleys of grain, running up to the hillsides and dotted by live oak trees. We recall miles of vineyard under perfect cultivation. We see again the blue of the Pacific and the green of the forest cedars and cypresses. High Lake Tahoe spreads before us, with its southern fringe of emerald meadows and forest pines, and its encircling guardians, lofty and snow-capped. The high, grey-green deserts of Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming stretch before us once more, and we can smell the clean, pungent sage brush. We are not lonely, for life is all about us. The California quail and blue-jay, the eagle, the ground squirrel, the gopher, the coyote, the antelope, the rattlesnake, the big ring snake, the wild horse of the plains, the jack rabbit, the meadow lark, the killdeer, the red-winged blackbird, the sparrow hawk, the thrush, the redheaded wood-pecker, the grey dove, all have been our friends and companions as we have gone along. We have seen them in their native plains and forests and from the safe vantage point of the front seat of our motor car.

 

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The Traveller

Goldsmith, Oliver, Elizabeth Susan Abbot, J Rodwell, and Ibotson and Palmer. The Traveller. Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott, 1889.

 

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The Rambles of a Globe Trotter

Laird, Egerton K. The Rambles of a Globe Trotter in Australasia, Japan, China, Java, India, and Cashmere. London, Chapman & Hall, 1875.

 

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The Road

London, Jack. The Road. London: The Macmillan company, 1907.

"The Road" is an autobiographical memoir presenting stories from the time that Jack London spent as a hobo in the late 19th century.

 

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Una Sfida al Polo

Salgari, Emilio. Una Sfida al Polo. Firenze: R. Bemporad & Figlio, 1909.

Raggiungere per primi e in macchina il Polo Nord per lo statunitense Torpon e per il canadese Montcalm non è solo una sfida tra le loro rispettive patrie. E' innanzitutto una sfida d'amore, per conquistare la mano della bella Miss Ellen Perkins, donna fuori dal comune, famosa per la sua bellezza ma anche per la sua predilezione e bravura negli sport. Anche i due contendenti sono sportmen d'eccezione, tuttavia le loro capacità, per uno strano scherzo del destino, si sono sempre eguagliate in tutte le sfide che hanno sostenuto e così si ritrovano tra i ghiacci del Polo, dove, oltre a gareggiare tra di loro, devo anche lottare contro le insidie della Natura.

 

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Gulliver’s Travels

Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver’s Travels. Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott, 1918.

Shipwrecked and cast adrift, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput, an island inhabited by little people, whose height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous. His subsequent encounters - with the crude giants of Brobdingnag, the philosophical Houyhnhnms and the brutish Yahoos - give Gulliver new, bitter insights into human behaviour. Swift's savage satire view mankind in a distorted hall of mirrors as a diminished, magnified and finally bestial species, presenting us with an uncompromising reflection of ourselves.

 

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