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Slowly down the Ganges

Slowly down the Ganges

by Eric Newby

1966TravelDescription and travel
5.0
Open Library
Open Library

About this book

The author recounts his experiences traveling down the Ganges River in India with his wife, and shares his observations on the country and its people.

Themes & subjects

TravelDescription and travel
First published 1966

Setting

Ganges River (India and Bangladesh)

About the author

Eric Newby

1919 – 2006

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.

Author

Eric Newby

First published

1966

Pages

326

Read time

≈ 8h

Editions

4

Language

English

Publisher

Books on Tape, Inc.

ISBN

9780736631099

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