Roads, Peoples, Birds, Mountaintops, and Billabongs - 9781622881871

Roads, Peoples, Birds, Mountaintops, and BillabongsAuthor(s): Dean Fisher\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Stephen F. Austin State University Press, United States\nImprint: Stephen F. Austin State University Press\nISBN-13: 9781622881871, 978-1622881871\nSynopsis\nRoads, Peoples, Birds, Mountaintops, and Billabongs recounts the unparalleled 3-year adventure around the world of a passionate ornithologist and an aspiring entrepreneur in an overweight Jeep camping van, 1959??1962. In this expedition around the world, Dean Fisher, with only one companion and a vehicle that broke down endlessly, speaks not only of the birds and natural history, but also the people and cultures encountered, not to mention the many challenges that had to be solved.? This was all done long before international travel had become commonplace or bird guides were available for most of the places he visits.? For many years, those of fascinated by his accounts urged him to write down these tales of adventure so they .