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First Overland: London-Singapore by Land Rover by Tim Slessor (Paperback, 2015)
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Why not? After all, no-one had ever done it before. It would be one of the longest of all overland journeys-half-way round the world, from the English Channel to Singapore. They knew that several expeditions had already tried it. Some had got as far as the deserts of Persia; a few had even reached the plains of India. But no-one had managed to go on from there: over the jungle-clad mountains of Assam and across northern Burma to Thailand and Malaya. Over the last 3,000 miles it seemed there were just too many rivers and too few roads . But no-one really knew...In fact, their problems began much earlier than that. As mere undergraduates, they had no money, no cars, no nothing. But with a cool audacity, which was to become characteristic, they set to work-wheedling and cajoling. First, they coaxed the BBC to come up with some film for a possible TV series. Then they gently persuaded Rover to lend them two factory-fresh Land Rovers. A publisher was even sweet-talked into giving them an advance on a book. By the time they were ready to go, their sponsors (more than 80 of them) ranged from whiskey distillers to the makers of collapsible buckets. In late 1955, they set off.Seven months and 12,000 miles later, two very weary Land Rovers, escorted by police outriders, rolled into Singapore-to flash-bulbs and champagne. Now, fifty years on, their bestselling book, First Overland, is republished-with a foreword by Sir David Attenborough. After all, it was he who gave them that film.Product Identifiers
PublisherSignal Books LTD
ISBN-139781909930360
eBay Product ID (ePID)221330876
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Book TitleFirst Overland: London-Singapore by Land Rover
AuthorTim Slessor
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicTravel Writing
Publication Year2015
Number of Pages256 Pages
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Title_AuthorTim Slessor
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 09 May, 2024
Bought as a gift for someone who had read the Last Overland which was a superb book, can only imagine the original journey be as good or better. Well
Bought as a gift for someone who had read the Last Overland which was a superb book, can only imagine the original journey be as good or better. Well worth reading and informative. Highly recommend!Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 30 Dec, 2020
Land rover reading material
Good book, written wellVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 02 Jun, 2024
Great book, many thanks
Great book, many thanksVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 20 Jan, 2021
A very interesting read
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- 07 Jun, 2018
Unheard story
HEARD ABOUT THIS VENTURE ON THE RADIO AND THOUGHT THE STORY WOULD BE AN INTERESTING READVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 17 Jan, 2025
Amazing
What a journey, what a story !Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 15 Jun, 2018
A fab read.....
Fab read. A brilliant book.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 17 Apr, 2024
good.
thank you.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 03 May, 2024
Great book
Great bookVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 05 Jun, 2019
Accurate
Great readVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
