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The Royal Road to Romance |
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Richard Halliburton September 2000 ISBN 1-885211-53-8 376 pages |
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Description
When Richard Halliburton graduated from college, he chose adventure over a career, traveling the world with almost no money. The Royal Road to Romance chronicles what happens as a result, from a breakthrough Matterhorn ascent to being jailed for taking forbidden pictures on Gibraltar.
Introduction
Table of Contents
I The Royal Road to Romance
II Humiliating the Matterhorn
III Largo
IV Mademoiselle Piety
V Castles in France
VI Hannibal Invades Andorra
VII Spanish Dancing
VIII New Tales from the Alhambra
IX The Sirens of Seville
X The Jails of Gibralter
XI The Count of Monte Carlo
XII Camped on Kheops
XIII The Nile Merman
XIV The Garlic-Eaters
XV Tiger Tales
XVI The Garden of Immortality
XVII Adventure in the Punjab
XVIII Into the Vale of Kashmir
XIX Outlandish Ladakh
XX The Strange Story of Leh
XXI Back to Earth
XXII Through the Khyber Pass
XXIII Princess Padmini
XXIV Renaissance
XXV Byroads to Bangkok
XXVI Great Snakes!
XXVII Interlude
XXVIII The Magic Stones of Angkor
XXIX Dolce-Far-Niente
XXX The Stowaway
XXXI Pirates!
XXXII The Bride of Heaven
XXXIII Veni Vidi Bolsheviki
XXXIV Welcome to Japan
XXXV The Challenge of Fujiyama
XXXVI To the Peak!
XXXVII The Last Battle
Sample chapter
About the Author
Richard Halliburton was a writer, lecturer, and world traveler. He published numerous books in his short lifetime, including The Royal Road to Romance, Glorious Adventure, and The Complete Book of Marvels. Halliburton is known for having paid the lowest toll to cross the Panama Canal, which he swam in 1928, paying 36 cents. Born in Tennessee in 1900, Halliburton died in 1939 as he and his crew attempted to sail a Chinese junk, the Sea Dragon, from Hong Kong to San Francisco as a publicity stunt. The vessel was unseaworthy and went down in a storm, apparently shortly after Halliburton sent out his last signal: "Southerly gales, squalls, lee rail under water, wet bunks, hard tack, bully beef, wish you were here--instead of me!"


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