An Accidental Globetrotter - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook An Accidental Globetrotter write by Jeff Martindale. This book was released on 2013-02-13. An Accidental Globetrotter available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Like many who are introverted and cautious, Jeff Martindale had only read about those who traveled the world. Then his employer sent him on two international business trips, which became dream voyages to some of the worlds most glamorous locales steeped in history and grandeur. The result is An Accidental Globetrotter, a refreshingly humorous and fact-filled journey by a writer whose sharp prose combines wit, attention to detail, and surprising courage.
Globetrotter
Globetrotter - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Globetrotter write by Mark Jacob. This book was released on 2024-10-01. Globetrotter available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Read the captivating biography of Abe Saperstein, originator of the Harlem Globetrotters, which is called "meticulously researched and written in an easy and entertaining style" by Booklist in a starred review. The original Harlem Globetrotters weren’t from Harlem, and they didn’t start out as globetrotters. The talented all-Black team, started by Jewish immigrant Abe Saperstein, was from Chicago’s South Side and toured the Midwest in Saperstein’s model-T. But with Saperstein’s savvy and the players’ skills, the Globetrotters would become a worldwide sensation. Globetrotter: How Abe Saperstein Shook Up the World of Sports is the fascinating biography of Saperstein, a five-foot-three promoter who made an amazing impact in a sport where height is at a premium: basketball. After Saperstein founded the team in the 1920s, they battled everything from blizzards to bigotry, steadily building a reputation for talent and comedy until their footprint covered the entire world. Abe Saperstein’s impact went well beyond the Harlem Globetrotters. He helped keep baseball’s Negro Leagues alive, was a force in getting pitching great Satchel Paige his shot at the majors, and befriended Olympic star Jesse Owens when he fell on hard times. When Saperstein started the American Basketball League, he pioneered the three-point shot, which has dramatically changed the sport. Globetrotter reveals the tireless work and impressive achievements of a man and a basketball team that made millions of people laugh, gasp, and applaud at their astounding performances.
Mark Twain, the Globetrotter: Complete Travel Books, Memoirs & Anecdotes (Illustrated Edition)
Mark Twain, the Globetrotter: Complete Travel Books, Memoirs & Anecdotes (Illustrated Edition) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mark Twain, the Globetrotter: Complete Travel Books, Memoirs & Anecdotes (Illustrated Edition) write by Mark Twain. This book was released on 2017-07-21. Mark Twain, the Globetrotter: Complete Travel Books, Memoirs & Anecdotes (Illustrated Edition) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Though best known for his adventure novels and humorous stories, Twain was a passionate world traveler and he recorded his journeys in several travel books which were all very popular at the time: "The Innocents Abroad" humorously chronicles Twain's "Great Pleasure Excursion" on board the chartered vessel Quaker City through Europe and the Holy Land in 1867. "Roughing It" follows the travels of young Mark Twain through the Wild West during the years 1861–1867. The book illustrates many of Twain's early adventures, including a visit to Salt Lake City, gold and silver prospecting, real-estate speculation and a journey to the Kingdom of Hawaii. "Old Times on the Mississippi" is a short account of Twain's experiences as a cub pilot, learning the Mississippi river. "A Tramp Abroad" details Twain's journey through central and southern Europe with his friend. As the two men make their way through Germany, the Alps, and Italy, they encounter situations made all the more humorous by their reactions to them. "Life on the Mississippi" is a memoir by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War, recounting his trip along the Mississippi River from St. Louis to New Orleans after the War. "Following the Equator" – In an attempt to extricate himself from debt, Twain undertook a tour of the British Empire in 1895, a route chosen to provide numerous opportunities for lectures in English. The book is a social commentary, critical of racism towards Blacks, Asians, and Indigenous groups. "Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion" presents a series of stories about a trip that Twain and some friends took to Bermuda from New York City. "Chapters from my Autobiography" comprises a rambling collection of anecdotes and ruminations of Mark Twain, assembled during his life. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer.
Journeys on Screen
Journeys on Screen - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Journeys on Screen write by Louis Bayman. This book was released on 2018-11-14. Journeys on Screen available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Addressing the appeal of the journey narrative from pre-cinema to new media and through documentary, fiction and the spaces between, this collection reveals the journey to be a persistent presence across cinema and in cultural modernity.
Globetrotter's Pocket Doc
Globetrotter's Pocket Doc - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Globetrotter's Pocket Doc write by Jonathan E Jensen, MD, FACP. This book was released on 2004. Globetrotter's Pocket Doc available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Designed for travelers with or without health problems, this text provides accurate translations of medical histories for a variety of commonly encountered illnesses that may afflict a patient while traveling abroad. (Foreign Travel)
