Aloha Wanderwell Call to Adventure: True Tales of the Wanderwell Expedition, First Women to Circle the World in an Automobile
Language: English
Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013
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- Title
- Aloha Wanderwell Call to Adventure: True Tales of the Wanderwell Expedition, First Women to Circle the World in an Automobile
- Author
- Baker, Aloha Wanderwell
- Publisher
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication year
- 2013
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1484118804
- ISBN 13
- 9781484118801
- Item weight
- 1.02 pounds
"Queen of Adventure" "The First Woman To Drive Around The World By Automobile!" 1922-1927" The World's Most Widely Traveled Girl starting at 16 Years driving a Model T Ford ! "This book taken from her journals, diaries, and written in her own words while on the incredible road with The Wanderwell Expeditions, the couragious & remarkable ALOHA WANDERWELL BAKER tells the true story of her amazing 7 year journey around the world in a Model T Ford with Captain Walter Wanderwell 1022-1932 and Walt Baker 1933-1950. This book containing Aloha's 1939 memoir, “Call To Adventure,” and with exclusive newly-commissioned essays, photos and supplemental materials from the author's estate,The Richard Diamond Trust "Aloha Wanderwell: Call To Adventure" takes the reader along on her epic trek through Europe, the Middle East, India, Japan, China, the Soviet Union, the United States, Cuba, and Africa – a thrilling adventure made all the more astounding by the fact that Aloha herself was only 16 years old when she set out to see the world by car.“Brains, Beauty & Breeches – World Tour Offer For Lucky Young Woman…. Wanted to join an expedition…Asia, Africa….”In 1922, Idris Galcia Hall was a 16 year old convent schoolgirl when she answered an ad placed in the Paris Herald by self-styled adventurer Captain Walter Wanderwell. who was just starting out to break the world’s long distance automobile record in an expedition jump started by Henry Ford’s support for a pair of Model Ts. She joined the expedition as Wanderwell's secretary, and christened with a new stage name, Aloha Wanderwell, she soon found herself functioning as explorer, filmmaker, translator, driver, seamstress, all-around good will ambassador, and even an actress, as she soon became the focal point for the filmed record of the trip. Along the way, she and Wanderwell fell in love and were married when the expedition reached California in 1925."Aloha Wanderwell: Call To Adventure" captures in vivid detail's Aloha’s own impressions of the long-forgotten Wanderwell Expeditions…sweeping through Italy just as Mussolini and the Fascisti were consolidating their power… braving food riots and hostile mobs in Germany, a country then reeling from the harsh reparations demanded by the victorious allies of World War I…camping at the foot of the Great Sphinx in Giza then of to Egypt’s Valley of the Kings… driving into Palestine, where the Jews were attempting to build a new nation… across the lands of India, towing the Model Ts Fords across rivers by water buffalo. Aloha traversed the highlands of Portuguese East Africa, and nearly died of thirst in the Sudanese desert….disguised herself as a man and prayed in Mecca… filmed elephants in IndoChina, became a confidante of Chinese bandits, and was granted the title of “Honorary Colonel” in the Red Army of Siberia… and friends with Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, Humphrey Borgart, Valentino, among others during a visit to Hollywood. “Aloha Wanderwell: Call To Adventure” is a remarkable tale told by a Courageous, Stunning Remarkable Woman.with a Driving Passion for Adventure.
Official Website https://www.AlohaWanderwell.com
The Richard Diamond Trust
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