George Eric Newby CBE MC (6 December 1919 – 20 October 2006[1]) was an English travel author. Newby's best known works include A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush, The Last Grain Race, and Round Ireland in Low Gear.
The ground was like iron with sharp rocks sticking up out of it. We started to blow up our air-beds. ' God, you must be a couple of pansies,' said Thesiger.
British writer (1919-2006)
Born | 1919 |
Died | 2006 |
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British writer (1919-2006)
Born | 1919 |
Died | 2006 |
Subjects
Travel, Description and travel, Voyages and travels, Biography, Moshulu (Ship), Travelers, English Authors, History, India, description and travel, Seafaring life, Country life, Discoveries in geography, Explorers, Great britain, biography, Hindu kush mountains, Homes and haunts, Italy, social life and customs, Pakistan, description and travel, Social life and customs, Soviet union, description and travel, Tuscany (italy), description and travel, Velikai͡a Sibirskai͡a magistralʹ, 74.21 geography of Asia, Afghanistan, description and travel, AlpinismePlaces
Hindu Kush Mountains (Afghanistan and Pakistan), Ganges River (India and Bangladesh), Ireland, Italy, Mediterranean Region, Belfast, England, Great Britain, Massa-Carrara (Italy : Province), Massa-Carrara (Province), Siberia (R.S.F.S.R.), Siberia (Russia), South Australia, Southern Ocean, Tuscany, Tuscany (Italy), Velikai︠a︡ Sibirskai︠a︡ magistralʹID Numbers
- OLID: OL335693A
- ISNI: 0000000114700188
- VIAF: 29538513
- Wikidata: Q337462
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q337462
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Alternative names
- Newby Eric.
- ERIC NEWBY
- Eric (EDT) Newby
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