| Title: | The Glorious Adventure |
| Series: | Gorgias Historic Travels in the Cradle of Civilization 18 |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Publisher: | Gorgias Press |
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| By Richard Halliburton |
| ISBN: | 978-1-59333-798-8 |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Publication Date: | 11/2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Format: | Hardback, Black, 6 x 9 in |
| Pages: | 406 |
Unsatisfied with the conventional life of most of his contemporaries, Richard Halliburton turned his interests in athletics and travel to the eastern realm of the cradle of civilization. In this, his second book of travel-writings, he set out to walk in the footsteps of Ulysses. Noting the mythological nature of the Odyssey, Halliburton nevertheless attempted to discern with scholarly accuracy the likely location of the famous events from the great Homeric epic. Writing in the florid style of the Art Deco age, he began his adventure at the top of Mount Olympus, the “Throne of God.” Chapter by chapter he made his way through scenes imaged to be those of the fabled Ulysses, including Acropolitis, Marathon, Troy, the Lotus Land, and even the Cyclops’ Cave. A noted athlete who once swam the Panama Canal, Halliburton narrates his swimming of the Hellespont and his search for the Siren Isles and Scylla and Charybdis. Filled with a romantic notion of classical antiquity and a bombastic self-confidence, this travelogue takes readers to locations far from the common tourist destinations, but near to the regions of Hellenistic imagination. An enjoyable romp through the Mediterranean, this account will be enjoyed by readers of ancient history and travel writing alike.
Richard Halliburton (1900-1939) was a travel writer and correspondent. Although he graduated from Princeton University, he scorned convention and became an early 20th century explorer. While attempting to cross the Pacific from Hong Kong to San Francisco on a junk, he was caught in a typhoon and was lost at sea at the age of 39.
Table of Contents
- CONTENTS (page 61)
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
(page 63)
- THE GLORIOUS ADVENTURE
(page 69)
- CHAPTER II: THRONE OF GOD (page 77)
- CHAPTER III: SYLVANIA (page 99)
- CHAPTER IV: WE CHARGE PARNASSUS (page 107)
- CHAPTER V: ACROPOLITIS (page 119)
- CHAPTER VI: MARATHON MADNESS (page 137)
- CHAPTER VII: ON THE TRAIL OF ULYSSES (page 153)
- CHAPTER VIII : "SOME CORNER OF A FOREIGN FIELD" (page 167)
- CHAPTER IX: I SWIM THE HELLESPONT (page 183)
- CHAPTER X: THE WINDY WALLS OFTROY (page 203)
- CHAPTER XI: LOTUS LAND (page 223)
- CHAPTER XII: THE CYCLOPS' CAVE (page 245)
- CHAPTER XIII: STROMBOLI-THE ISLAND OF AEOLUS (page 259)
- CHAPTER XIV: CIRCE THE ENCHANTRESS (page 275)
- CHAPTER XV: TO HELL WITH ULYSSES (page 295)
- CHAPTER XVI: SIREN ISLES (page 309)
- CHAPTER XVII: BETWEEN SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS (page 329)
- CHAPTER XVIII: CITY OF THE SUN GOD (page 351)
- CHAPTER XIX: FIFI PLAYS CALYPSO (page 371)
- CHAPTER XX: THE PRINCESS (page 389)
- CHAPTER XXI: ULYSSES RETURNS (page 399)
