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ISBN
9781909930360
Publication Year
2015
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Book Title
First Overland: London-Singapore by Land Rover
Author
Tim Slessor
Publisher
Signal Books LTD
Topic
Travel Writing
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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Why not? After all, no-one had ever done it before. It would be one of the longest of all overland journeys-half-way round the world, from the English Channel to Singapore. They knew that several expeditions had already tried it. Some had got as far as the deserts of Persia; a few had even reached the plains of India. But no-one had managed to go on from there: over the jungle-clad mountains of Assam and across northern Burma to Thailand and Malaya. Over the last 3,000 miles it seemed there were just too many rivers and too few roads . But no-one really knew...In fact, their problems began much earlier than that. As mere undergraduates, they had no money, no cars, no nothing. But with a cool audacity, which was to become characteristic, they set to work-wheedling and cajoling. First, they coaxed the BBC to come up with some film for a possible TV series. Then they gently persuaded Rover to lend them two factory-fresh Land Rovers. A publisher was even sweet-talked into giving them an advance on a book. By the time they were ready to go, their sponsors (more than 80 of them) ranged from whiskey distillers to the makers of collapsible buckets. In late 1955, they set off.Seven months and 12,000 miles later, two very weary Land Rovers, escorted by police outriders, rolled into Singapore-to flash-bulbs and champagne. Now, fifty years on, their bestselling book, First Overland, is republished-with a foreword by Sir David Attenborough. After all, it was he who gave them that film.

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Signal Books LTD
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Book Title
First Overland: London-Singapore by Land Rover
Author
Tim Slessor
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Travel Writing
Publication Year
2015
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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  • by helenoftroy1968
    19 May, 2024

    Bought as a gift for someone who had read the Last Overland which was a superb book, can only imagine the original journey be as good or better. Well

    Bought as a gift for someone who had read the Last Overland which was a superb book, can only imagine the original journey be as good or better. Well worth reading and informative. Highly recommend!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: speedyhenuk

  • by tefol19
    30 Dec, 2020

    Land rover reading material

    Good book, written well

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: speedyhenuk

  • by scammell5565
    02 Jun, 2024

    Great book, many thanks

    Great book, many thanks

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: speedyhenuk

  • by jacl-3582
    20 Jan, 2021

    A very interesting read

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  • by tk2854
    07 Jun, 2018

    Unheard story

    HEARD ABOUT THIS VENTURE ON THE RADIO AND THOUGHT THE STORY WOULD BE AN INTERESTING READ

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: wordery_specialist

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