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One Man Caravan (Incredible Journeys Books)
McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, US
by Robert Fulton
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ISBN/ASIN: 1884313051
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Sales Rank: 136985
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Media: Paperback
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Product Group: Book
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| Customer Reviews: Average Rating: 4.5/5 | | One Man Caravan: Rating: 5/5 |
| Ted Simon rates this as his best motorcycle travel book. I can see why. Bike enthusiasts should bear in mind that the journey is the reason for the bike, not the other way round. It is startling how the books shows that parts of the world have stayed the same since the 30's and the roots of current troubles hit you in the face (Afghanistan). Others seem a million miles away. Amazing what a pre-war Douglas could do! | | Scares the pants off me !: Rating: 5/5 |
| What a great read ! I really really want to do something like this, but you read the details and read between the lines and think "Am I really ready for that ?" Robert Fulton has a brilliant understated humour at times and some of the expressions he uses can only have come from that era. I've read the accounts of Ted Simon and one of Lois Pryce's books. They're all good ! This stands out because he set out in 1932, no internet, mobile phones, GPS, sometimes not much in the way of maps. Brilliant ! All I need to do is persuade the wife it's a good idea... | | One man caravan: Rating: 4/5 |
| Well written book about a round the world trip on a motorcycle by a particularly interresting character. The book does seem to loose some of it's motorcycle connection half way through but regains it toward the end. A very interresting read and I'm sure Charley and Ewan wouldn't have completed their trip under these conditions. If you enjoy motorcycle travel books with a bit of history then I strongly recommend this. | | Puts "Long Way Down/Round" in the Shade: Rating: 5/5 |
I would disagree with FZ6 Rider. I do not think the book is exaggerated and it matters not whether he was the first to go round the world.
Quite simply it is a remarkable book, it stands (favourable) comparison to the Long Way books/DVDs, it is an interesting bike book but more than anything it is a historical account of a world that has disappeared.
The degree of difficulty associated with this journey is hard to imagine when compared to nowadays. This was done in an age before reliable communications, credit cards, immunisations etc etc.
Robert Fulton is an inspiration, and the grainy B&W images in his book only heighten the sense of distance from todays sanitised digital, sat/nav, sat phone, world.
The most poignant thing is that Iraq and Afghanistan are sadly likley to more dangerous for the traveler today than in the 1930s.
Buy it, Read it, you won't be sorry. | | Indiana Jones on a bike: Rating: 2/5 |
For me the book was over exaggerated and hardly proves he was the first to go around the world on a motorbike.
Not the most riveting bike book but something to read on a winters night. | |
