The Flying Carpet Book 1932

Indianapolis the bobbs merrill company 1932 ocolc 609916832.

The flying carpet book 1932. 2 people found this helpful. The flying carpet richard halliburton 1932 africa romance adventure royal india. Garden city publishing co ny 1932. In my favorite chapter he flies with his trusty pilot from baghdad where he had palled around with the prince across.

They embarked on one of the most fantastic extended air journeys ever recorded taking 18 months to circumnavigate the globe covering 33 660 miles 54 100 km and visiting 34 countries. Octavo standard book size. The flying carpet hardcover january 1 1932 by richard halliburton. The flying carpet was halliburton s fourth and most famous book and details his epic adventures flying a bi plane through remote parts of the globe.

3 99 shipping. Opens image gallery. With many photographic illustrations of exotic cities and places. It s a great read from a different time a different place.

The flying carpet is an exciting narrative of true adventure by a young man who liked to live dangerously. The modified stearman c 3b was named the flying carpet after the magic carpet of fairy tales subsequently the title of his 1932 best seller. They embarked on one of the most fantastic extended air journeys ever recorded 11 taking 18 months to circumnavigate the globe covering 33 660 miles 54 100 km and visiting 34 countries. It recounts how halliburton landed in timbuctoo passed over mt.

It s all in his book the flying carpet. Vintage hcdj book 1932 the flying carpet richard halliburton. My favorite of his books is the flying carpet 1932 in which he flies around the world in a two seater flying over points of interest like mount everest and dropping into many spots that had never been flown into before. The flying carpet is an exciting narrative of true adventure by a young man who liked to live dangerously.

Garden city publishing company inc new york 1932. 5 0 out of 5. The flying carpet airplane and native peoples. Octavo standard book size.

The flying carpet by richard halliburton garden city pub 1932 see photos.