Bibliograph

Horizon fever ii, A. E. Filby and Victoria Twead

Type

Label

Horizon fever ii, A. E. Filby and Victoria Twead

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Horizon fever ii

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

A. E. Filby and Victoria Twead

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

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