Old Calabria |
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| Author:
| Douglas, Norman |
| Introduction by:
| White, Jon Manchip |
| Series title: | Marlboro Travel Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8101-6022-4 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1996 |
| Publisher: | Northwestern University Press
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| Imprint: | Marlboro Press, The |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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First published in 1915,
Old Calabria is a comprehensive and exciting account of adventure travel. Captivated by the pagan quality of the
mezzogiorno, Norman Douglas plunged into Calabria, the southernmost and most backward part of Italy (a province that was still largely devoid of any form of modern amenity). He endured extremes of climate, scaled mountains, rode in carriages driven by villainous coachmen, and traversed remote stretches of country where...
More Description First published in 1915, Old Calabria is a comprehensive and exciting account of adventure travel. Captivated by the pagan quality of the mezzogiorno, Norman Douglas plunged into Calabria, the southernmost and most backward part of Italy (a province that was still largely devoid of any form of modern amenity). He endured extremes of climate, scaled mountains, rode in carriages driven by villainous coachmen, and traversed remote stretches of country where murderous groups of banditti were known to roam. As Jon Manchip White points out in his introduction, it "makes good reading, but it must have constituted a protracted and frightening ordeal--frightening, that is, to anyone except someone like Douglas, possessed of a more than normal share of guts and fortitude."