Negley Farson (1890–1960)
Auteur de The Way of a Transgressor
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Œuvres de Negley Farson
Landet Gud glemte 3 exemplaires
The lost world of the Caucasus 3 exemplaires
Jorden rundt med fiskestang 2 exemplaires
Black bread and red coffins, 1 exemplaire
Transgressor in the Tropics 1 exemplaire
På nye eventyr 1 exemplaire
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- Nom légal
- Farson, James Negley
- Date de naissance
- 1890
- Date de décès
- 1960-12-13
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Plainfield, New Jersey, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- New Jersey, USA
British Columbia, Canada
North Devon, England, UK - Études
- Phillips Andover Academy
University of Pennsylvania - Professions
- journalist
author
adventurer - Relations
- Farson, Daniel (son)
Wicksteed, Alexander (travel companion) - Organisations
- Royal Air Force (WWI)
Chicago Daily News - Courte biographie
- Negley Farson was educated at the University of Pennsylvania as a civil engineer, however, he is best known for his writing career which spanned from 1924 until his death in 1960. Farson began writing as a foreign correspondent with the Chicago "Daily News" from 1924-1935, serving in India, Egypt and throughout Europe. A prolific writer, he drew on his travel experiences, interest in fishing and the outdoors, his time in the Royal British Air Force during World War I, and his life in England to write numerous non-fiction and fiction books and articles. Farson married Eve Stoker in 1920 and she accompanied him on many of his international excursions. Eve wrote several manuscripts during her travels with Farson and also kept diaries concerning their life together. The couple had one son, Daniel Farson.
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The Lost World of The Caucasus par Negley Farson
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The first part of the autobiography of Negley Farson, a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Daily News in the 1930s taking him from his childhood in a well connected old American family fallen on hard times with servants whose parents had been slaves to the mid 1930s. What a life he led. Leaving the USA at an early age to try to make his fortune in imperial Russia he witnessed the beginning of the 1917 revolution. He voluteered as a pilot in the RAF in the First World War and then became a newspaper man. He obviously had a talent for friendship and telling a good story. he recycles a lot of work he submitted to his newspapers and from other books but he puts it all together well. |He would have made a great dinner companion.… (plus d'informations)
Well that was a surprise. An old book I pulled off the shelves when I had nothing else to read. It had once belonged to an aunt and somehow in various moves and house clearances had managed to ovoid being thrown away.
Published in 1951 it is the recollection of Negley Farson of a journey he made in the Caucasus in 1929. At that time, the very early days of the USSR and Stalin, he was the foreign correspondent of a western newspaper. And a very good one he must have been. Great company too I have no doubt as he tells a great story.
He befriends an old English resident ex-patriate in Moscow, persuades his newspaper to provide expenses and sets off to the Caucasus to find horses to hire and a guide to take them over the mountain passes and down to the Black Sea. Mr Farson himself has experience of living in the backwoods of western Canada and is a keen fly fisherman. In addition to his rods he equips himself with a camping outfit from Fortnum and Mason, 1000 Gold Flake cigarettes and a small collection of Russian classic books for the evenings by the campfire. No matter what difficulties or discomforts confront him he remains in good humour, appreciates the wonders around him and does not forget to make notes even in the most dire circumstances.
He was a well known journalist in his day and published several books. I'm so pleased to have found this one.… (plus d'informations)
Published in 1951 it is the recollection of Negley Farson of a journey he made in the Caucasus in 1929. At that time, the very early days of the USSR and Stalin, he was the foreign correspondent of a western newspaper. And a very good one he must have been. Great company too I have no doubt as he tells a great story.
He befriends an old English resident ex-patriate in Moscow, persuades his newspaper to provide expenses and sets off to the Caucasus to find horses to hire and a guide to take them over the mountain passes and down to the Black Sea. Mr Farson himself has experience of living in the backwoods of western Canada and is a keen fly fisherman. In addition to his rods he equips himself with a camping outfit from Fortnum and Mason, 1000 Gold Flake cigarettes and a small collection of Russian classic books for the evenings by the campfire. No matter what difficulties or discomforts confront him he remains in good humour, appreciates the wonders around him and does not forget to make notes even in the most dire circumstances.
He was a well known journalist in his day and published several books. I'm so pleased to have found this one.… (plus d'informations)
I stumbled across this book without knowing what to expect. What I found was a marvelously entertaining autobiography by a man who really seems to have lived life to the fullest in pre-WWII America (this is the first of two volumes of his autobiography and ends just at the start of WWII). His name may not be recognized these days, but his book is highly recommended. This book has made me want to track down his other books (he wrote a number).
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- Œuvres
- 18
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 219
- Popularité
- #102,099
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 7
- ISBN
- 23
- Favoris
- 1
