Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle - Hardcover

Murphy, Dervla

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0879512369 ISBN 13: 9780879512361

Publisher: Overlook Books, 1986

Synopsis

The author recounts her experiences traveling by bicycle through Europe, Persia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan to India in 1963

About this title

About the Author

Dervla Murphy has written more than twenty books recounting her adventures all over the world on foot, mule, bicycle, and just about every other conveyance imaginable. Her books Full Tilt, Eight Feet in the Andes, The Waiting Land, Muddling Through in Madagascar, On a Shoestring to Coorg, Cameroon with Egbert, Transylvannia and Beyond, The Ukimwi Road, and South from the Limpopo are available from The Overlook Press.

From Library Journal

This book recounts a trip, taken mostly on bicycle, by a gritty Irishwoman in 1963. Her route was through Yugoslavia, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and ended in New Delhi. She carried a pistol, got sunstroke, and suffered the usual stomach disorders. She endured bad accommodations but reaped much local hospitality, too, including a dinner with the Pakistani president. Most of the book concerns the high mountain country of Afghanistan and Pakistan. First published in England in 1965, the book is neither current, nor quite old enough to be of much historical interest. Nonetheless, it is a spirited account, suitable for larger public library collections. Unfortunately, it lacks illustrations, and the two maps included give us little idea of the remote areas she visited. Harold M. Otness, Southern Oregon State Coll. Lib., Ashland
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Edition details

• Publisher: Overlook Books
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0879512369
• ISBN 13: 9780879512361
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 235