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Mar 05, 2014KCLSRecommends rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Here’s the self-penned story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his travels around the globe in the early 20th century. How can you resist a tale that within the first few pages gushes: "I wanted to swim the Hellespont where Lord Byron swam, float down the Nile in a butterfly boat, make love to a pale Kashmiri maiden beside the Shalimar, dance to the castanets of Granada gypsies, commune in solitude with the moonlit Taj Mahal, hunt tigers in a Bengal jungle -- try everything once." And he nearly DOES do all these things -- this book should come with a warning sticker: "Do not leave out for impressionable young folks who may too easily become persuaded to leave their safe and sane surroundings and take off around the world, too!"