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Red Summer: The Danger, Madness, and Exaltation of Salmon Fishing in a Remote Alaskan Village
by Bill CarterA vivid, unforgettable account of the danger, pain, and joy of working on a salmon fishing boat and living in a small village on the farthest edge of Alaska Set in the tiny Native village of Egegik on the shores of Alaska's Bristol Bay, Bill Carter's Red Summer is the thrilling story of one man's journey from novice to seasoned fisherman over the course of four beautiful, brutal summers in one of the earth's few remaining wild places. As millions of salmon race toward their annual spawning grounds, Carter learns the ancient, backbreaking trade of the set net fisherman, one of the most exhilarating and dangerous jobs in the world. Housed in a dilapidated shack with no hot water and boarded-up windows that keep the bears at bay, Carter spends his days battling the elements on the river and his nights drinking whiskey with a memorable group of hardworking, hard-living characters. There's Sharon, the tough, charismatic woman who runs Carter's fishing crew; Carl, her stoic but warmhearted colleague; and a half-dozen local fishermen, many born and raised in this unforgiving place. Their stories -- harrowing, touching, full of humor -- all underscore the credo of the village's fishermen: Do the work or leave. Carter's crew is imperiled a number of times as tides rise, nets are snagged, and the weight of too many fish threatens to sink their boat. Written with gusto and honesty, Red Summer brims with astonishing human experience and joins the grand tradition of books written by great American outdoorsmen-writers such as Ernest Hemingway, Edward Abbey, Peter Matthiessen, and Sebastian Junger. Red Summer will appeal not only to fishermen, naturalists, adventurers, and armchair anthropologists alike but also to anyone who has ever yearned, however privately, to escape the bonds of modern civilization.
Red Tourism in China: Commodification of Propaganda (Routledge Contemporary China Series)
by Chunfeng LinThis book analyzes the phenomenally profitable “Red Tourism” industry in China, in which visitors make pilgrimages to sites of historical significance to the Communist Party of China and the Chinese Revolution. The book examines Red Tourism in connection with the transforming power relations between the state and the private, communication in the socialist past, and the current round of capitalization, against the backdrop of the world’s second largest economy. By re-evaluating the conventional notion of propaganda through the lens of neutral xuanchuan propaganda, the book presents a nuanced look at the social space of Red Tourism, revealing that propaganda should be conceived as a commodity, an industry, or even a media system similar to the news media. Drawn from combining fieldwork and cultural analysis spanning a decade, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of communication studies, tourism, and Chinese politics.
Red, White And Black
by Gary NashExplores how the most diverse society in the Atlantic world was shaped through two centuries of development Written by highly acclaimed historian Gary B. Nash, this text presents an interpretive account of the interactions between Native Americans, African Americans, and Euroamericans during the colonial and revolutionary eras. It reveals the crucial interconnections between North America's many peoples, illustrating the ease of their interactions in the first two centuries of European and African presence to develop a fuller, deeper understanding of the nation's underpinnings. MySearchLab is a part of the Nash program. Research and writing tools, including access to academic journals, help students understand critical thinking in even greater depth. To provide students with flexibility, students can download the eText to a tablet using the free Pearson eText app.
Redding and Easton
by Daniel CrusonThis spectacular photographic history traces the paralleldevelopment of two two contiguous towns in southernConnecticut: Redding and Easton. Both towns were originally part of the Colonial town of Fairfield and developed as marginal farming communities. Both towns experienced an incipient industrial revolution, which never matured, and both later became retreats for summer visitors and prominent literary figures. In the years after World War II, the two towns evolved into suburban communities. Today, they share not only a common history but also a regional high school. Redding and Easton highlights each period in the development of the two towns. The book emphasizes Georgetown, which continued to be an industrial enclave long after other industry in the town died out. It devotes a chapter to literary figures, such as Mark Twain, Edna Ferber, and Ida Tarbell, who migrated to these rural towns at the end of the nineteenth century and gave them the image of a rural literary retreat. Redding and Easton recognizes the prominent citizens who created a summer colony that attracted the rich and famous from all over the Northeast. The book also stresses the everyday events and special occasions that marked the nature of these towns in the twentieth century.
Redemption
by Julie ChibbaroThe wet earth smells of mushroom and loam. I race through the trees. Branches reach for my eyes and tangle my hair. My kirtle rips, but I still run, faster through the woodland, escaping the murderous men who chase behind me with vicious, barking dogs. The men are my enemies and the woodland is my friend. I climb a tree to its tip, to where the branches thin, and I see the dead bird there. Only its mouth is open and it is singing with the voice of my father. I touch the bird, and it flies away. "I saw a bird dead once. I picture my father this way." Twelve-year-old Lily has not seen her father for more than eight months. He was taken from her and her mother one night by the baron's men, forced against his will to leave England and to be part of a colony in the New World. And now Lily and her mother are in danger -- for the baron's men say they no longer have any right to their land. They also face persecution for being followers of Frere Lanther, a man who has been excommunicated by the church for wanting to purge it of its corrupt practices. Their one chance for safety and freedom is to take passage on the next ship out to the New World. Afraid her father is dead, hopeful that he might yet live, Lily and Frere Lanther persuade her mother to flee. The harrowing voyage reveals painful secrets that strip Lily of her innocence. But Lily also makes a friend -- a boy named Ethan, son to none other than the baron himself, who is also onboard. Together Ethan and Lily navigate their way through betrayals and treachery in a strange new land. Separated from the group, lost in the wilderness, and captured by an Indian tribe, Lily must reach deep inside herself and tap into strength she never knew she had if she is to survive. Richly imagined and beautifully written, Redemption is an epic adventure of family, growth, and love from a major new talent.
Rediscovering the Great Plains: Journeys by Dog, Canoe, and Horse (Creating the North American Landscape)
by Norman Scott HendersonAn &“engrossing&” memoir of traveling Canada's Qu&’Appelle River Valley via horse, canoe, and Native American dogsled (Calgary Herald). The North American Plains are one of the world&’s great landscapes—but today, the most intimate experience most of us are likely to have of the great grasslands is from behind the window of a car or train. It was not always so. In the earliest days, Plains Indians traveled on foot across the vastness, with only the fierce, wolflike Plains dogs as companions. Later, with the arrival of Europeans, horses and canoes appeared on the Plains. In this book, Norman Henderson, a leading scholar of the world&’s great temperate grasslands, revives these traditional modes of travel, journeying along 200 miles of Canada&’s Qu&’Appelle River valley by dog and travois (the wooden rack pulled by dogs and horses used by Native Americans to transport goods), then by canoe, and finally by horse and travois. Henderson interweaves his own adventures with the exploits of earlier Plains travelers, like Lewis and Clark, Francisco Coronado, La Vérendrye, and Alexander Henry. Lesser-known experiences of the fur traders and others who struggled to cross this strange and forbidding landscape also illuminate the story, while Henderson&’s often humorous description of his attempts to find and train old Plains breeds of dogs and horses highlight the difficulties involved in recreating archaic travel methods. He also draws on the history of the world&’s other great temperate grasslands: the South American pampas and the Eurasian steppes. Recalling the work of Ian Frazier and Jonathan Raban, Henderson&’s account offers a deeper understanding of the natural and human history of the North American Plains. &“A captivating &‘biography of a landscape,&’ its good humor blended with impressive scholarship, including snappy thumbnail histories of canoes, horses, dogs, barbed wire and those pesky blood-sucking mosquitoes.&” —Publishers Weekly
Rediscovering Travel: A Guide For The Globally Curious
by Seth KugelAn indispensable companion for rookie and veteran travelers alike that promises to revolutionize both how and why we vacation. By captivating millions during his six-year, fifty-country tenure as the New York Times’s “Frugal Traveler,” Seth Kugel has become one of our most internationally beloved travel writers. While his famously unassuming journeys around the globe have forged a signature philosophy of whimsy and practicality, they have also revealed the seemingly infinite booby traps of on-the-grid tourism. In a book with widespread cultural reverberations, Kugel takes the modern travel industry to task, determined to reignite humanity’s age-old sense of adventure that has virtually been vanquished by the spontaneity-obliterating likes of Google Maps, TripAdvisor, and Starwood points. Woven throughout with vivid tales of his perfectly imperfect adventures, Rediscovering Travel explains—often hilariously—how to make the most of new digital technologies without being shackled to them. For the tight-belted tourist and the first-class flyer, the eager student and the comfort-seeking retiree, Kugel shows how we too can rediscover the joy of discovery.
Redondo Beach Pier (Images of America)
by Jennifer L. KrintzPiers have always drawn people to the mysterious wonder of the ocean. The ability to seemingly walk on water with the construction of a pier has created for humans a sense of temporary mastery of the majestic and merciless sea. The Southern California shoreline has always attracted tourists from near and far to experience the natural beauty of the coastline. Capitalizing on the natural and man-made appeal of the ocean and the pleasure pier, Henry Huntington created in Redondo Beach a fantasyland of wonder and excitement for beachgoers in the early 20th century. As one of the major rivals to the pleasure piers of Santa Monica, Ocean Park, and Venice to the north, the Endless Pier and later the adjacent Monstad Pier in Redondo Beach drew in thousands of tourists a day. Pleasure-seekers can still fish, enjoy dinner and music, shop, or simply take a nighttime stroll over the water on today's Municipal Pier--remnants from the heyday of Redondo Beach's pleasure pier of the early 20th century.
Redwood Valley (Images of America)
by Linda Talso Marvin TalsoRedwood Valley was named after the majestic redwood groves between Road M and Calpella. Prior to 1857, the Pomo Indians occupied the valley along with grizzly bears, mountain lions, and eagles. The valley became a melting pot of nationalities, with people coming into it from Italy, Germany, Scotland, and Finland. They plowed the land, herded their flocks, harvested their crops, and established unique industries. The early pioneers set the tone for the valley community with their ambitions and hard-work ethic. Together, they paid for and supported schools, churches, an improvement club, the grange, fire and water districts, post offices, agricultural improvements, and stores. The infamous People's Temple was located here. Redwood Valley's 150-plus years of recorded history is rich in what it takes to make a valley into a community.
Reedley
by Kenneth ZechIt was in 1888, four short years after he first came to Fresno County to farm wheat, that Thomas Law Reed made a deal with the Southern Pacific Railroad. In exchange for a half-interest in 360 acres of Reed's farmland, the railroad would build a depot along its east side branch and help develop a townsite. The town was Reedley. See what happened when settlers arrived. Watch as homes are built, as businesses are started, and as schools and churches are founded. Witness farmers cultivate the region's rich soil, and with irrigation, grow a bounty of crops that they will ship near and far. View a place of dusty streets and simple wooden buildings transformed into a modern 20th-century community. Meet the people of Reedley as they work, learn, worship, and celebrate. This book is Reedley's family photo album.
Reef Smart Guides Curaçao: (best Diving And Snorkeling Spots In Curaçao) (Reef Smart Guides)
by Peter McDougallThe Definitive Guide to Scuba Diving and Snorkeling in Curaçao #1 New Release in Scuba Travel Guides and in Aruba & Netherlands Antilles Travel From the authors of the Reef Smart Guides series comes Reef Smart Guides Curaçao, a unique and essential scuba, snorkel, and surf travel guide for the island of Curaçao-one of the top shore diving and snorkeling islands in the Caribbean. A great travel gift. The ultimate guide for visitors and locals looking to explore the underwater world in Curaçao. This guidebook provides detailed descriptions and imagery of the island’s best dive and snorkel sites, including shipwrecks and coral reefs. The guide also details popular beaches, surfing and kiteboarding sites and gives recommendations for dive operators to use and restaurants to visit. Detailed descriptions and 3D maps. With the help of Reef Smart’s unique 3D-mapping technology, learn all you need to know about the region’s top dive and snorkel sites, including the world famous Superior Producer wreck, Tugboat, and popular shore-accessible coral reef sites like Director’s Bay, Double Reef and Fisherman’s Wharf and Playa Marie Pampoen. Don’t go diving without it. This indispensable resource helps you plan and execute dives without a hitch. Make sure to pack this unique guidebook with the rest of your scuba gear! This guidebook provides: Descriptions of 95 dive and snorkel sites in Curaçao, including Klein Curaçao Detailed 3D maps of 38 of the most popular sites, with access imagery for an additional 46 sites A 31-page species guide to help you identify and understand the marine creatures you’ll encounter And so much more! A unique and comprehensive scuba diving book. Also look for Reef Smart Guides Bonaire; Grand Cayman, and Barbados, as well as our guides to diving and snorkeling throughout the state of Florida. If looking to learn more about the world’s ocean, and specifically coral reefs, check out Beneath the Blue Planet.
Reef Smart Guides Grand Cayman (Reef Smart Guides)
by Ian Popple Otto Wagner Peter McDougallThe Definitive Guide to Scuba Diving and Snorkeling in The Grand Cayman Islands“The collection of Reef Smart Guides is a great resource for the touring diver. Incredible detailed 3D maps and up to date editorial content based on information from local dive experts, these cutting edge guidebooks are a must have for all scuba divers before they travel.” Clearly Cayman Dive Resorts#1 New Release in Scuba Travel Guides, Caving & Spelunking, and SwimmingFor Lonely Planet fans comes a unique and essential scuba, snorkel, and surf travel guide.A great Caribbean travel book. The ultimate guide for beach and marine activities in the Grand Cayman Islands. The detailed descriptions and illustrations of beaches, coral reefs, shipwrecks, and other dive spots are ideal for divers, snorkelers and surfers. Make the most of your time on the Island and in the water.Detailed descriptions and map art. Reef Smart catalogues the beaches, surf spots, and dive and snorkel sites in the Cayman Islands. With the help of Reef Smart’s unique 3D-mapping technology, learn all you need to know about the regions' top dive and snorkel sites. These maps provide useful information such as depths, currents, waves, suggested routes, potential hazards, unique structures, and species information.Don’t go diving without it. This indispensable resource will help you plan and execute dives without a hitch. Pack this guidebook with the rest of your scuba gear.Guidebook provides:The best locations for diving, snorkeling, and surfing, and how to access themDetailed 3D maps, graphics, and information to help you plan your time in and out of the waterSpecies guide to help you identify and understand the marine creatures in the Cayman Islands and its surrounding areasAnd much more!A unique and comprehensive SCUBA diving book. Also look for Reef Smart Guides Florida: Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, and Deerfield Beach; Reef Smart Guides Barbados; and the best-selling Reef Smart Guides Bonaire.
Reef Smart Guides Palm Beach, Florida: Scuba Dive. Snorkel. Surf. (Reef Smart Guides)
by Peter McDougall Ian Popple Otto WagnerThis illustrated travel guide features some of the best diving spots and surfing beaches in Florida—with unique 3D maps and information on local wildlife.From Del Ray Beach to Shark Canyon, Palm Beach County is home to some of the most beautiful and exhilarating locations in Florida. This complete guide features detailed descriptions and illustrations of beaches, coral reefs, shipwrecks, and other dive spots. Reef Smart’s unique 3D-mapping technology provides essential information such as depths, currents, waves, suggested routes, potential hazards, unique structures and species information.
REEFSCAPE: Reflections on the Great Barrier Reef
by Rosaleen LoveLocated off Australia's eastern coast, the Great Barrier Reef is one of the wonders of the natural world. The diversity of life is simply incredible. It is also the ideal environment for coral, making it a diver's paradise. Indeed, some 200 million tourists visit the reef each year. Looking beyond the sheer beauty of this place, we learn, too, that it is a region rich in history, the setting for fateful shipwrecks and exotic Aboriginal myths. Australian writer Rosaleen Love explores the reef from all these angles, allowing us to see this stunning geography anew.Part travelogue, part eco-history, Reefscape represents multiple views of the reef - through the eyes of mariners, pearl divers, naturalists, filmmakers, pirates, industrialists, and tourists alike- painting a fascinating portrait of a unique locale.Told in a reflectively poetic voice, Love writes evocatively of the ecological, and geological significance of the reef. Woven throughout is the intriguing history of the area. This twofold approach provides a rich perspective on the reef an ecosystem as well as a natural resource for its inhabitants. By recounting both tales, Reefscape provides a window on the past and foreshadows the future of this extraordinary environment.Reefscape will illuminate the meaning of the human encounter with nature. It will inspire delight in the imagination and spirit of all who yearn for the transcendence of turquoise waters.
Reeling In Russia: An American Angler In Russia
by Fen MontaigneIn the summer of 1996, award-winning journalist Fen Montaigne embarked on a hundred-day, seven-thousand-mile journey across Russia. Traveling with his fly rod, he began his trek in northwestern Russia on the Solovetsky Islands, a remote archipelago that was the birthplace of Stalin's gulag. He ended half a world away as he fished for steelhead trout on the Kamchatka Peninsula, on the shores of the Pacific. His tales of visiting these far-flung rivers are memorable, and at heart, Reeling in Russia is far more than a story of an angling journey. It is a humorous and moving account of his adventures in the madhouse that is Russia today, and a striking portrait that highlights the humanity and tribulations of its people.In the end, the reader is left with the memory of haunted northern landscapes, of vivid sunsets over distant rivers, of the crumbling remains of pre-Revolutionary estates, and a cast of dogged Russians struggling to build a life amid the rubble of the Communist regime.
Reflections on a Marine Venus: A Companion to the Landscape of Rhodes (Altaïr Viajes Ser.)
by Lawrence DurrellAfter World War II, an Englishman seeks peace on an ancient Greek island in this &“remarkable&” travel memoir (The New York Times). Islomania is a disease not yet classified by Western science, but to those afflicted its symptoms are all too recognizable. Men like Lawrence Durrell are struck by a powerful need to live on the ancient islands of the Mediterranean, where the clear blue Aegean is always within reach. After four tortuous wartime years in Egypt, Durrell finds a post on the island of Rhodes, where the British are attempting to return Greece to the sleepy peace it enjoyed in the &’30s. From his first morning, when a dip in the frigid sea jolts him awake for what feels like the first time in years, Durrell breathes in the fullest joys of island life, meeting villagers, eating exotic food, and throwing back endless bottles of ouzo, as though the war had never happened at all. The charms of his stay there still resonate today, for the pleasures of Greece are older than history itself.
Reflections On A Summer Sea
by Trevor NortonThis is the funny and touching story of a menagerie of eccentric and talented ecologists who, mainly as a hobby, spent forty summers at Lough Ine, a stunning marine lough in a corner of Ireland, where myths seep from the ground like will o' the wisps and, in one of the most unlikely projects in the history of science, were responsible for the reinvention of marine biology. Among the stars of the book are the marine creatures that occupy the lake: sea urchins that won't dine unless they wear a hat, otters that steal experiments, and worms that will only mate by order of the moon. The creatures' eccentric behaviour is matched only by that of the ecologists themselves, whose antics and interactions with their Irish neighbours are all lovingly described with Norton's keen eye for both the wonderful and the absurd. But for all its humour, the book is also a moving account of two ecologists who collaborated for forty years until their friendship came to a tragic end. The book brings together all the rich flavours of Ireland, the wonders of natural history and the magic of being a marine biologist just for the fun of it.
Reframing Sustainable Tourism
by Stephen F. Mccool Keith BosakThis book examines the need for a new way of describing sustainable tourism and also looks at the frameworks needed to rethink how to apply this to communities, private operators and protected area managers. It makes it clear that tourism is just one of many human activities that affects host communities. The work includes informative and provocative case studies with realistic applications. References included in the book will help graduate students formulate new hypotheses and suggest literature for them. Tools and techniques useful to tourism practitioners suggest innovative approaches to marketing, management and community development.
Regimes of Value in Tourism
by Émilie Crossley and David PicardDrawing from ethnographic work in five continents, this book demonstrates how different regimes of value in tourism can coexist, collide, and compete across a varied geographic terrain. Much theory in tourism economics defines ‘value’ as a measure of monetary worth, a concept governing commodity exchange, and a gauge for tourist satisfaction. The research included in this volume shows that tourism not only feeds off existing conceptions of value as a monetary category, but that it is also instrumental in reproducing and reinforcing those subjective, morally heightened, and highly intangible values that make tourism and the tourism economy a complex social, cultural, political, and psychological phenomenon. The book pushes the debate about the tourism economy beyond a simplistic understanding of producer-consumer relations, instead suggesting a refocus on the social, spatial, and temporal lags in tourism production, and the ensuing differentiated regimes of values.This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change.
Regional Science Perspectives on Tourism and Hospitality (Advances in Spatial Science)
by Mauro Ferrante Oliver Fritz Özge ÖnerThis book approaches the tourism and hospitality industry from a regional science perspective. By analyzing the spatial context of tourist travels, the hospitality sector, and the regional impacts of tourist activities, it demonstrates the value of the regional science paradigm for understanding the dynamics and effects of tourism and hospitality-related phenomena. Written by leading regional science scholars from various countries as well as professionals from organizations such as OECD and AirBnB, the contributions address topics such as migration, new types of accommodation, segmentation of tourism demand, and the potential use of tracking technologies in tourism research.The content is divided into five parts, the first of which analyzes spatial effects on the development of firms in the tourism industry, while the second approaches temporal and spatial variability in tourism through analytical regional science tools. The broader economic and social impacts of tourism are addressed in part three. Part four assesses specific tourism segments and tourist behaviors, while part five discusses environmental aspects and tourism destination policies. The book will appeal to scholars of regional and spatial science and tourism, as well as tourism specialists and policymakers interested in developing science and evidence-based tourism policies.
Regional Sufi Centres in India: Significance and Contribution
by Nasir Raza KhanRegional Sufi Centres in India: Significance and Contribution sets out to explore and understand the hundreds of years old multi-religious sect of India, "Sufism," which advocates humane and global outlook for entire mankind and regards humanity as a brotherhood. Sufism came to India from its Arabic Turkic and Persian homes, instead of remaining confined to palaces and mosques. It spread out to all over India establishing regional Centres and Dargahs often known by the surnames of the families which sustained it, like Khanqah-e-Niazia, in Bareilly (UP), Khanqah Gesu Daraz in Gulbarga, and Firdausi in Bihar. The authors of this volume discuss some of the regional Sufi Centres in India and their contribution in the social emancipation of the society. Print edition not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bhutan)
Registros de Viagem por Estado Alabama Experimente o Comum e o Desconhecido
by Amber Richards Fabiana Rodrigues Castelo BrancoQuando os moradores querem informações detalhadas sobre o que está acontecendo em seu próprio estado... Eles se voltam para a Série Explorando a América, de Amber Richards! Por isto os viajantes estão se apegando também a esta inigualável série. Mais que simplesmente guias de viagem, estas edições estado-por estado, conectam-se aos moradores, os eventos, os bens, a gastronomia, paisagens, sons, e personagens que você DEVE experimentar se você quiser ter o direito de dizer “Eu já estive lá!” Não é um guia de viagem normal, já que não é sobre onde se hospedar e onde comer,mas sim aonde ir e o que experimentar para se ter uma sensação autêntica sobre o Alabama. Nesta edição, Amber tem a colaboração de um morador nascido no Alabama, para descortinar o rico patrimônio e história do Alabama. Das atrações conhecidas e sua história, às experiências DE VIAGEM desconhecidas, a Sra. Richards expõe o Alabama real a partir de suas impressões!
Reimagining Community Festivals and Events: Critical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives (ISSN)
by Allan Stewart Jepson Raphaela Stadler Trudie WaltersThis book celebrates and builds on Alan Clarke (1956–2021) and Allan Jepson’s 2015 book Exploring Community Festivals and Events. It showcases how far the study of community festivals and events has come in the intervening years, and in so doing it is a response to recent calls for researchers to take a more critical approach to event studies.This is an interdisciplinary book that draws together empirical research across a wide range of community event types, sizes and within diverse communities. Chapters in this book are grouped into four themes that highlight the breadth and depth of work being done: reviving and maintaining tradition(s); a focus on belonging; challenges and tensions; and innovations in teaching and research. Another of its core strengths is its international perspective – the book encompasses research from around the world including Turkey, Portugal, Greece, India, the UK, the US, Austria and New Zealand. There is also a diverse range of theoretical lenses applied to the study of community events, and some innovative methodologies used to achieve research aims and objectives.This volume will appeal to students and researchers in the fields of critical event studies, cultural studies, place-making, tourism, music, sociology and geography. Several chapters also provide insights and key learnings for those lecturing and working in event management and industry professionals.
Las reinas de África: Viajeras y exploradoras por el continente negro
by Cristina MoratóSemblanzas, anécdotas e historias de las principales viajeras que llegaron a África en los siglos XIX y XX. Cristina Morató viajó por primera vez a África en 1983 y desde entonces ha recorrido varios países de este continente atraída por sus gentes y la grandeza de sus paisajes. Al igual que ella un buen número de extraordinarias viajeras y exploradoras sintieron en el pasado la «llamada de África». Estas damas que en plena selva se vestían formalmente para cenar o tomaban el té de las cinco en sus tazas de porcelana, también sabían cabalgar, cazar con arco, disparar un fusil, organizar una expedición con cientos de porteadores y construir un hogar en regiones inhóspitas. Aquí están las auténticas Memorias de África contadas por sus protagonistas: Mary Livingstone, Mary Slessor, Lady Juana Smith, Isabel de Urquiola, Alexine Tinne, Florence Baker, Mary Kingsley, Karen Blixen, Beryl Markham, Delia Akeley y Osa Johnson. Leyendo las aventuras de estas once mujeres -esposas de famosos exploradores, misioneras rebeldes, españolas de rompe y rasga, excéntricas aristócratas, apasionadas vividoras, cazadoras de elite y estrellas de cine-, nos sumergimos en un fascinante viaje por el África más legendaria.
Las reinas de África
by Cristina MoratóCristina Morató viajó por primera vez a África en 1983 y desde entonces ha recorrido varios países de este continente atraída por sus gentes y la grandeza de sus paisajes. Al igual que ella un buen número de extraordinarias viajeras y exploradoras sintieron en el pasado la «llamada de África». Estas damas que en plena selva se vestían formalmente para cenar o tomaban el té de las cinco en sus tazas de porcelana, también sabían cabalgar, cazar con arco, disparar un fusil, organizar una expedición con cientos de porteadores y construir un hogar en regiones inhóspitas.Leyendo las aventuras de estas once mujeres -esposas de famosos exploradores, misioneras rebeldes, españolas de rompe y rasga, excéntricas aristócratas, apasionadas vividoras, cazadoras de elite y estrellas de cine-, nos sumergimos en un fascinante viaje por el África más legendaria.