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Going the wrong way / Chris Donaldson

By: [Place of publication not identified] : Chris Donaldson, [2021] ♭2021Description: xvi, 379 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, portraits ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781838012762
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PS3603 DON 2021
Contents:
Author Biography, Foreword, Introduction, Chapter 1 Growing up in War-Torn Belfast 1, Chapter 2 Leaving Home 15, Chapter 3 Israel and Cyprus 28, Chapter 4 Syria and Jordan, Chapter 5 Egypt, Chapter 6 The Nubian Desert 85, Chapter 7 The Sudanese Express 111, Chapter 8 The Road to Hell 126, Chapter 9 Uganda and Kenya 156, Chapter 10 Tanzania and Zambia 180, Chapter 11 Zimbabwe/Rhodesia 199, Chapter 12 South Africa 204, Chapter 13 Sailing Away 233, Chapter 14 Fear and Loving, North America 268, Chapter 15 Paranoid Biker in Central America 308, Chapter 16 Colombia and Ecuador 335, Chapter 17 Peru and Bolivia 348, Chapter 18 Argentina and Brazil 372, Chapter 19 The End 379
Summary: What could possibly go wrong when a 21- year old man decides to fire up his set of wheels; his beautiful car racing Moto Guzzi and head for somewhere, yet nowhere- in response to his desire to explore; break free from his mediocre, middle-class life and reach out for the unknown? What could go wrong during a 50,000 mile travel across the world, through 33 countries, executed by an unleashed 20-year old, making the spiritual transition to become a man? As it turns out, a ton of things could go wrong, but a life-time of lessons would be learned as well- the hard way. Ready for a journey of discovery through the eyes of someone who experienced all the horror, excitement, thrill, and hell; a boy turned man? Keep reading!
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Books Books City Campus Library General Stacks City Campus Library Fiction PS3603 DON 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c. 1 Available 032435
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"Escaping 1970's Belfast on his Moto Guzzi Le Mans, Chris searches for himself and the road to Australia. What could possibly go wrong?" -- Cover.

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Author Biography, Foreword, Introduction, Chapter 1 Growing up in War-Torn Belfast 1, Chapter 2 Leaving Home 15, Chapter 3 Israel and Cyprus 28, Chapter 4 Syria and Jordan, Chapter 5 Egypt, Chapter 6 The Nubian Desert 85, Chapter 7 The Sudanese Express 111, Chapter 8 The Road to Hell 126, Chapter 9 Uganda and Kenya 156, Chapter 10 Tanzania and Zambia 180, Chapter 11 Zimbabwe/Rhodesia 199, Chapter 12 South Africa 204, Chapter 13 Sailing Away 233, Chapter 14 Fear and Loving, North America 268, Chapter 15 Paranoid Biker in Central America 308, Chapter 16 Colombia and Ecuador 335, Chapter 17 Peru and Bolivia 348, Chapter 18 Argentina and Brazil 372, Chapter 19 The End 379

What could possibly go wrong when a 21- year old man decides to fire up his set of wheels; his beautiful car racing Moto Guzzi and head for somewhere, yet nowhere- in response to his desire to explore; break free from his mediocre, middle-class life and reach out for the unknown? What could go wrong during a 50,000 mile travel across the world, through 33 countries, executed by an unleashed 20-year old, making the spiritual transition to become a man? As it turns out, a ton of things could go wrong, but a life-time of lessons would be learned as well- the hard way. Ready for a journey of discovery through the eyes of someone who experienced all the horror, excitement, thrill, and hell; a boy turned man? Keep reading!

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