TRACKING MARCO POLO

Severin, Tim

ISBN 10: 009936400X / ISBN 13: 9780099364009

Published by Random House UK, 1987

Seller Inventory # 009936400X-3-36164165

Synopsis:

Tim Severin's travel narrative describes the people, places, things, he experiences along the route once traveled by Marco Polo.

From School Library Journal: YA Severin, 20, and two companions set out to visit the same countryside that Marco Polo had described 700 years earlier, hoping to verify his observations. This account of their mishaps and sheer fun should fascinate high-school students. On two motorcycles equipped with side cars, they retrace Polo's overland journey from Venice across Turkey, Persia, and Afghanistan, surviving crashes, sandstorms and floods, language problems, jail stays, and exotic foods. With his broken foot in a cast, Tim rides a camel through the Deh Bakri Pass with guides whom he comes to suspect are drug smugglers, and he tastes ``apples of paradise.'' Through this exciting travelogue, readers will come to know the people, the land, and the history as well as the three adventurers, all of whom are now Oxford graduates and professional writers. Lee Kobayashi, St. Francis Day School, Houston
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Bibliographic Details

Title: TRACKING MARCO POLO
Publisher: Random House UK
Publication Date: 1987
Binding: paperback
Condition: Good