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David Attenborough, Dion Leonard (Finding Gobi), Dervla Murphy and Brian Jackman are just four of the authors whose work features in this new anthology from Bradt focusing on true stories about travelling with animals. In Beastly Journeys, there are 46 tales of extraordinary animal travel experiences, from hilarious holidays with pets to journeys on which wild animals somehow came along for the ride, including: David Attenborough tries to get an armadillo through Paraguayan customs; adventurer Ash Dykes takes a white cockerel to Maromokotro to ward off evil spirits; Mike Gerrard shares a car journey from Belsize Park to Canvey Island with a python; Brian Jackman rides, walks and swims with Abu the elephant; Bradt New Travel Writer of the Year Dom Tulett rows with a kingfisher; and John Rendall travels to Africa with Christian, the lion he bought at Harrods and raised in west London.
Also included is a brand new piece of writing from ultramarathon runner Dion Leonard about his experience with Gobi, the stray dog who accompanied him for 80 miles over the treacherous Tian Shian mountains.
A mix of new, previously unpublished writers and old favourites are included, with extracts from writers such as Mark Shand (Travels on my Elephant), Dervla Murphy (Eight Feet in the Andes) and Robert Louis Stevenson (Travels with a Donkey), not to mention Gerald Durrell, 19th-century explorer Isabella Bird and renowned publisher Michael Joseph.
Compelling, engaging, surprising, humorous and entertaining. if this book proves one thing it's that travel with animals is every bit as unpredictable as you would expect it to be.
Contents
Introduction Hilary Bradt
THE AMERICAS
From Zoo Quest in Paraguay Sir David Attenborough
The Llama that Couldn't Gordon Thompson
Running with Parrots Katharine Lowrie
From Eight Feet in the Andes Dervla Murphy
Barry's Flying Visit Adrian Phillips
Pepper Pays her Passage Celia Dillow
Just a Dog Emma Laing
From The Whispering Land Gerald Durrell
Beer and Burras Graham Mackintosh
Spinny the Sea Cat Frances Howorth
Dapple the Reluctant Donkey John Harrison
EUROPE
Goldfish Trek Emma Macdonald
From Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes Robert Louis Stevenson
Monty in a Basket Mike Gerrard
Smuggling Fleur Hugh Tucker
From High Albania Edith Durham, selected
and introduced by Elizabeth Gowing
Polly Kala Mary Johns
Understanding Peggy Hilary Bradt
From Zarafa Michael Allin
One Man and a Mule Hugh Thomson
Hedgehogs on the Road Tanis Jordan
From The Bible in Spain George Borrow
The Show Must Go On Sarah Pope
Lost and Found in the Arctic Kelsey Camacho
From Charles: The Story of a Friendship Michael Joseph
From Me, My Bike and a Street Dog Called Lucy Ishbel Holmes
AFRICA
Habibi Sheelagh Reynolds
From The Sky is on Fire Magsie Hamilton Little
The White Cockerel Ash Dykes
Painted Wolves Jonathan Scott
Annie's Story Richard Kitzinger
An Elephant Called Abu Brian Jackman
Follow the Leader Suzy Pope
Our Long-Eared Holiday Companion Alison Ely
From Christian the Lion: the Ilustrated Legacy John Rendall
ASIA
From Travels on my Elephant Mark Shand
Finding Gobi Dion Leonard
Kenny Dom Tulett
From Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Bird
The Road to Blue Paradise Lu Barnham
Rani and Me Harjeet Johal
From Across Coveted Lands Henry Savage Landor
AUSTRALASIA
Piloted across the Indian Ocean Sarah Outen
Starboard Michael Howorth
Jack Sparrow Rachel A Davis
From Tracks Robyn Davidson
