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First Overland: London-Singapore by Land Rover by Tim Slessor (Paperback, 2005)

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ISBN
9781904955146
Publication Year
2005
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Book Title
First Overland: London-Singapore by Land Rover
Item Height
203 mm
Author
Tim Slessor
Publisher
Signal Books LTD
Topic
Travel Writing
Item Weight
400 g
Item Width
133 mm
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 Rovers 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 an introduction 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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9781904955146
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2005
Topic
Travel Writing
Book Title
First Overland: London-Singapore by Land Rover
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Author
Tim Slessor
Format
Paperback

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203 mm
Item Weight
400 g
Item Width
133 mm

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  • by cokecandaz
    14 Aug, 2019

    Amazing read.

    Completely engaging and full of interesting facts to get the mind active. This book makes you want to start your own adventure and inspires the explorer in you.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: brit_books_xp

  • by lucy_hairball
    14 Jul, 2021

    Expedition of A Lifetime

    Excellent book on travel to Singapore and back again using Land Rovers. Impossible now due to problems in many countries along the way, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Persia and France.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: mad4books-uk

  • by mjkscfc
    19 Feb, 2025

    Quality item ...

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    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: worldofbooks08

  • by rfn2k_30
    09 Apr, 2023

    Great adventure

    Well written, hard to put down.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: cmedia_group

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