My Trip Around the World.
Dix, Dorothy. [Pseudonym of Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer].
From John Michael Lang Fine Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller Since March 13, 2001
Quantity: 1From John Michael Lang Fine Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller Since March 13, 2001
Quantity: 1About this Item
9" x 6". 311pp. Blue illustrated cloth with gilt lettering. Bookplate, mild rubbing to cloth, small white spot on the spine, else nice near fine condition. A bright copy. With a frontispiece by Nat Little and illustrations from photographs. Dix was the forerunner of today's popular advice columnists and was America's highest paid and most widely read female journalist at the time of her death. This account of her grand tour covers her visits to Hawaii, Japan, China, the Philippines, Singapore, Java, Korea, India, (she dismisses Ghandi as a "reactionary [who wants] to sweep away all modern progress and go back to the old times when human sacrifices were offered to Kali."), etc. Seller Inventory # 23832
Bibliographic Details
Title: My Trip Around the World.
Publisher: The Penn Publishing Company, Philadelphia
Publication Date: 1924
Binding: Hardback
Edition: First edition.
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