All Abroad – A Memoir of Travel and Obsession Weill Hardback 9780299330804

Name: All Abroad – A Memoir of Travel and Obsession Weill Hardback 9780299330804
Brand: University of Wisconsin Press

University of Wisconsin Press

Yearning for an escape from a claustrophobic childhood, Geoffrey Weill became infatuated with travel. At twenty-three, the budding British connoisseur made his way across the Atlantic on an ocean liner. The year was 1973, and he was bound for New York to pursue a promising role as consultant-in-training at the headquarters of the world's oldest travel agency, Thomas Cook. The idyllic trip was reminiscent of those from the early twentieth century but made distinctly modern by a nightly reminder\u2014at the onboard dance club, one was sure to run into a sequin-clad David Bowie.\nAll Abroad is the memoir of a man hungry for the logistics of travel: getting there, staying there, and feeling at home on any continent. Woven into his entertaining anecdotes is an informative account of a lost era in\n\nAll Abroad\nA Memoir of Travel and Obsession\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note that th;