Beastly Journeys: Unusual Tales of Travel with Animals by Dervla Murphy (English

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Beastly Journeys: Unusual Tales of Travel with Animals - Travel literature collection of tales of travelling with animals, both intentional and accidental. Includes stories from a mix of previously unpublished writers and old and modern favourites, from David Attenborough to Dion Leonard, Gerald Durrell, Isabella Bird and Robert Louis Stevenson.

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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 A mix of new, previously unpublished writers and old favourites are included, with extracts from writers such as Mark Shand (Travels on my Elephant), Dervla Murphy (Eight Feet in the Andes) and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.

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A collection of true stories about travelling with animals, featuring work by 45 authors such as David Attenborough, Mark Shand, Dervla Murphy and Dom Tulett. Follows the success of previous Bradt travel writing anthologies To Oldly Go and Roam Alone.

Author Biography

The stories in this book were selected and edited by Hilary Bradt and Jennifer Barclay.The founder of Bradt guides, Hilary Bradt, has travelled with animals, mostly intentionally, for as long as she can remember. An early memory at primary school was being summoned by the head mistress to be shown her coat, hanging with the others in the hallway. It, and the coats belonging to other little girls, were covered in slimy trails ending in happily exploring snails. She had filled her pockets with them at the bus stop. Later, when lecturing on a cruise ship she lost a Madagascan hissing cockroach in her cabin; fortunately it was retrieved before being found by the cleaning staff. A more successful import from Madagascar was Millicent the giant pill millipede who made it to England disguised as a piece of camera equipment and lived for over a year in an aquarium. The Big Journey with an animal, however, was the thousand-mile ride through the west of Ireland, initially with Mollie (described in this book's predecessor, Roam Alone), and then with Peggy recounted in this new book. Now semi-retired, Hilary lives with her two guinea pigs in Devon.Jennifer Barclay is the author of Meeting Mr Kim: Or How I Went to Korea and Learned to Love Kimchi, Falling in Honey: Life and Love on a Greek Island and An Octopus in my Ouzo: Loving Life on a Greek Island. Growing up in a village in the north of England, she has lived and worked in Canada and France, and travelled around New South Wales, Australia, looking after animals from sheep to pythons. A literary agent and editor since the 1990s, she has been involved with books about both travel and animals for over a decade and co-edited the Bradt anthologies The Irresponsible Traveller, To Oldly Go and Roam Alone. She lives on a small island in the Aegean and when not reading or writing can often be found hiking to beaches or taking ferries to other islands while attached to her dog, Lisa. She is always looking for dog-friendly places to stay and despite the name of her blog, has never put an octopus in ouzo.

Table of Contents

Introduction Hilary BradtTHE AMERICASFrom Zoo Quest in Paraguay Sir David AttenboroughThe Llama that Couldn't Gordon ThompsonRunning with Parrots Katharine LowrieFrom Eight Feet in the Andes Dervla MurphyBarry's Flying Visit Adrian PhillipsPepper Pays her Passage Celia DillowJust a Dog Emma LaingFrom The Whispering Land Gerald DurrellBeer and Burras Graham MackintoshSpinny the Sea Cat Frances HoworthDapple the Reluctant Donkey John HarrisonEUROPEGoldfish Trek Emma MacdonaldFrom Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes Robert Louis StevensonMonty in a Basket Mike GerrardSmuggling Fleur Hugh TuckerFrom High Albania Edith Durham, selectedand introduced by Elizabeth GowingPolly Kala Mary JohnsUnderstanding Peggy Hilary BradtFrom Zarafa Michael AllinOne Man and a Mule Hugh ThomsonHedgehogs on the Road Tanis JordanFrom The Bible in Spain George BorrowThe Show Must Go On Sarah PopeLost and Found in the Arctic Kelsey CamachoFrom Charles: The Story of a Friendship Michael JosephFrom Me, My Bike and a Street Dog Called Lucy Ishbel HolmesAFRICAHabibi Sheelagh ReynoldsFrom The Sky is on Fire Magsie Hamilton LittleThe White Cockerel Ash DykesPainted Wolves Jonathan ScottAnnie's Story Richard KitzingerAn Elephant Called Abu Brian JackmanFollow the Leader Suzy PopeOur Long-Eared Holiday Companion Alison ElyFrom Christian the Lion: the Ilustrated Legacy John RendallASIAFrom Travels on my Elephant Mark ShandFinding Gobi Dion LeonardKenny Dom TulettFrom Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella BirdThe Road to Blue Paradise Lu BarnhamRani and Me Harjeet JohalFrom Across Coveted Lands Henry Savage LandorAUSTRALASIAPiloted across the Indian Ocean Sarah OutenStarboard Michael HoworthJack Sparrow Rachel A DavisFrom Tracks Robyn Davidson

Review

'Quirky collection' - BBC Wildlife Magazine

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.Follows on the success of To Oldly Go, one of the best-selling travel-writing titles of 2015, and Roam Alone, published to great acclaim in April 2017.Includes brand new writing from Dion Leonard, ultramarathon runner and best-selling author of Finding Gobi.Includes new, fresh writing from previously unpublished authors

Long Description

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.

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'Quirky collection' - BBC Wildlife Magazine

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. Follows on the success of To Oldly Go, one of the best-selling travel-writing titles of 2015, and Roam Alone, published to great acclaim in April 2017. Includes brand new writing from Dion Leonard, ultramarathon runner and best-selling author of Finding Gobi. Includes new, fresh writing from previously unpublished authors

Details ISBN1784770817 Pages 272 Year 2018 ISBN-10 1784770817 ISBN-13 9781784770815 Format Paperback Author David Attenborough Publisher Bradt Travel Guides Language English Media Book Imprint Bradt Travel Guides Subtitle Unusual Tales of Travel with Animals Place of Publication Buckinghamshire Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 910.4 Short Title Beastly Journeys Publication Date 2018-06-05 UK Release Date 2018-06-05 AU Release Date 2018-06-05 NZ Release Date 2018-06-05 Edited by David Attenborough Series Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature) Alternative 9781784773984 Audience General We've got this

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