The Last Hero: Bill Tilman, a Biography of the ExplorerThe Mountaineers Books, 1995 - 288 Seiten Biography of the sailor, mountaineer, and adventurer, called perhaps the greatest explorer of the twentieth century. |
Inhalt
Youth Heart of Darkness | 19 |
Childhood School and Adolescence | 21 |
The First World War 191418 | 31 |
Africa Where a Man Can Thrive | 51 |
The Tilmans Back Home | 65 |
Lift Up Thine Eyes Unto the Hills and Rejoice | 71 |
African Adventures | 73 |
Nanda Devi Prometheus Unbound | 85 |
Distant Guns | 129 |
Albania | 141 |
Italy | 155 |
Ancient Mariner | 179 |
South | 181 |
Triumph and Tribulation | 203 |
Northern Lights | 219 |
Ships Are All Right Its the Men in Them | 239 |
Titanic Days | 101 |
The Final Frontier | 113 |
A Warriors Tale | 127 |
The Sailor Home on the Sea | 255 |
H W Tilman An Assessment Beyond the Myth | 269 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Adeline Africa Albania army arrived artillery August Avant Balli Baroque battery Belluno Betsy Bill noted Bill Tilman Bill wrote Bill's boat Bodowen Brandal Brigade British Camp Charles Marriott climber climbing coast crew crossed Crozets decided deck diary Dorothy Richardson doubt Eric Shipton eventually Everest expedition explorer feet finally French Germans Gjinokastre glacier Greenland guns Heard Island Himalaya hull Italian John Tilman Kangchenjunga Karakoram Kashgar knew land later leave letter lived look Lymington miles Mischief months Mount Foster mountain moved Nanda Devi navigation Nepal never night Noel Odell partisans party Patanela peak porters Rakaposhi reached returned Richardson ridge River rope sailing sailor Scoresby Sound Sea Breeze Sherpas ship side Simon skipper Smith Island snow summit thought told took trip turned valley voyage weather World wrote Bill yacht
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 12 - Sail forth— steer for the deep waters only, Reckless O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me, For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go, And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all. O my brave soul! O farther farther sail! O daring joy, but safe! are they not all the seas of God? „ O farther, farther, farther sail!
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