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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.

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  • Cover of: A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush

    First published in 1958 14 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition shortwalkinhindu00eric_0 Cover of edition shortwalkhinduku00newb
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  • Cover of: The last grain race

    First published in 1956 9 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition lastgrainrace0000unse_n1m1 Cover of edition lastgrainrace0000newb
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  • Cover of: The big Red train ride

    First published in 1978 9 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition bigredtrainride0000newb
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  • Cover of: A Small Place in Italy

    First published in 1994 6 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition smallplaceinital0000newb
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  • Cover of: Departures and Arrivals

    First published in 1999 6 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Love And War in the Apennines

    First published in 1971 6 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: A short walk in the Hindu Kush

    First published in 1961 6 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Round Ireland in low gear

    First published in 1987 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition roundirelandinlo00newb
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  • Cover of: Something wholesale.

    First published in 1962 5 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: A traveller's life

    First published in 1982 5 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The world atlas of exploration

    First published in 1975 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition randmcnallyworld1975newb
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  • Cover of: The last grain race.

    First published in 1956 5 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: On the Shores of the Mediterranean

    First published in 1984 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition onshoresofmedite0000newb_m4d9
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  • Cover of: Slowly down the Ganges.

    First published in 1966 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: What the traveller saw

    First published in 1989 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition whattravellersaw0000eric
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  • Cover of: A book of travellers' tales

    First published in 1985 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: On the shores of the Mediterranean

    First published in 1984 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Round Ireland in low gear

    First published in 1987 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: A traveller's life

    First published in 1982 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: A short walk: a preposterous adventure.

    First published in 1959 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Travel, Description and travel, Voyages and travels, Biography, Moshulu (Ship), Seafaring life, Travelers, Pictorial works, History, India, description and travel, Sailing ships, Discoveries in geography, English Authors, Escapes, Great britain, biography, Guidebooks, Italy, social life and customs, Journeys, Ocean travel, Social life and customs, Windjammers (Sailing ships), Country life, Cycling, Explorers, Geography, pictorial works
Places
Great Britain, Hindu Kush Mountains (Afghanistan and Pakistan), Italy, Ganges River (India and Bangladesh), Ireland, Mediterranean Region, Apeninnes, Apeninnes (Italy), Apennines, Belfast, England, Massa-Carrara (Italy : Province), Massa-Carrara (Province), Siberia (R.S.F.S.R.), Siberia (Russia), South Australia, Southern Ocean, Tuscany, Tuscany (Italy), Velikai︠a︡ Sibirskai︠a︡ magistralʹ
People
Eric Newby, Eric Newby (1919-)
Time
20th century, 1938-1939, 1945-, 1951-, 1956, 1981-

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  • Newby Eric.
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  • Eric (EDT) Newby

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
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December 9, 2014 Edited by Richard Hakes Edited without comment.
December 2, 2010 Edited by Alan Millar merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import