Horizon Fever II : Explorer A E Filby's own account of his extraordinary Australasian Adventures, 1921-1931
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Overview
Even before Archibald Edmund Filby (Victoria Twead's roguish uncle) embarked on his famous African expeditions, he took advantage of a government-sponsored scheme to migrate to Australia. It was 1921 and his daredevil nature soon had him performing reckless feats as a buckjumper in a popular circus rodeo.
Whilst trekking through this vast continent, he embraced the opportunity to become a jockey, photographer, actor, pilot, car-salesman and pearl diver. But Australia was just a stepping stone for Archie to explore many other colourful far-eastern countries including India, Singapore, Borneo, Java and China.
Horizon Fever II covers explorer A E Filby's early years and his descriptions, although utterly fascinating, sometimes make uncomfortable reading.
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- ISBN-13: 9781922476296
- ISBN-10: 1922476293
- Publisher: Ant Press
- Publish Date: March 2021
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.42 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.61 pounds
- Page Count: 184
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