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1966-67., Doubleday Call No: 817 T969co v. 1v. 2 Edition: [1st ed.] Availability:2 of 2 At Your Library
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-- Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus2001., Vintage Books Call No: 909 K17k Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryClick here to watch Click here to view
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c2014., Large Print Treasury Call No: LP Fic Twa Edition: Large print ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
![The innocents abroad [LP]](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "The innocents abroad [LP]")
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c1990., Reader's Digest Association Call No: 914.091 T969i Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: World's best reading
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By Abley, Mark2023., House of Anansi Call No: Bio A152s Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A poet and journalist looks back on a remarkable journey from Turkey to Nepal in 1978, when the region was on the brink of massive transformation. In the spring of 1978, at age twenty-two, Mark Abley put aside his studies at Oxford and set off with a friend on a three-month trek across the celebrated Hippie Trail -- a sprawling route between Europe and South Asia, peppered with Western bohemians and vagabonds. It was a time when the Shah of Iran still reigned supreme, Afghanistan lay at peace, and city streets from Turkey to India teemed with unrest. Within a year, many of the places he visited would become inaccessible to foreign travellers. Drawing from the tattered notebooks he filled as a youthful wanderer, Abley brings his kaleidoscope of experiences back to life with vivid detail: dancing in a Turkish disco, clambering across a glacier in Kashmir, travelling by train among Baluchi tribesmen who smuggled kitchen appliances over international borders. He also reflects on the impact of the Hippie Trail and the illusions of those who journeyed along it. The lively immediacy of Abley's journals combined with the measured wisdom of his mature, contemporary voice provides rich insight, bringing vibrant witness and historical perspective to this beautifully written portrait of a region during a time of irrevocable change.
