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Newer PostOlder PostM O N D AY, O C TO B E R 2 3 , 2 0 0 6Travel Writer Eric Newby Is DeadThe British absolutely love travel writing and they do it better thananyone. I don't mean travel guides like Lonely Planet. I meannonfiction memoirs that detail a person's experience in some exoticlocale. Author Eric Newby just died and he was one of the mostacclaimed travel writers of all -- for the British, that's sayingsomething. I tried to find an excuse to interview him for years, but nowit's too late. Newby escaped from a prisoner of war camp during WorldWar II, met his wife in Italy while doing so and never stopped havinggrand adventures. A Short Walk In The Hindu Kush is one of hisclassics -- you'll especially like it if you've seen the terrific adventurefilm "The Man Who Would Be King" starring Michael Caine and SeanConnery. The book is set in the same isolated territory they venture to.And it has a heck of a kicker typical of Newby -- humorous, deflating,and very human. His The Last Grain Race is another gem, this oneabout sailing on one of the last commercial runs of a sailing ship --Newby was 18 at the time, which means he didn't need the war to gethim going. Those are two of my favorites but anything with his nameon it is a safe bet.POSTED BY MICHAEL IN NEW YORK AT
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