From the Sahara to Samarkand: Selected Travel Writings of Rosita Forbes, 1919-1937

By Rosita Forbes

Book Overview

The extraordinary Rosita Forbes explored the Libyan desert, sailed across the Red Sea, and trekked more than a thousand miles into remote Abyssinia. She wrote some thirty books about these and other journeys, as well as biographies, histories, novels, and memoirs. She was a widely published journalist and commentator on international affairs, a popular lecturer, and a documentary filmmaker. Her story deserves to be retold and her writing discovered by a new generation.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1604190302
• ISBN13: 9781604190304
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Axios Press
• Length: 369 Pages
• Weight: 3.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 8.9"