Baboons for Lunch

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And Other Sordid Adventures

By James Michael Dorsey

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Baboons for Lunch by James Michael Dorsey takes readers on an exhilarating journey through remote corners of the world. Dorsey shares his unique experiences and encounters with indigenous cultures and wildlife, blending humour and insight. The book provides a vivid window into lands less travelled, capturing the spirit of adventure and discovery.
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If you crave adventure and have a fascination with wildlife and cultural encounters, this travel memoir offers a window into the unique and often perilous experiences of an intrepid explorer. Its captivating tales of remote destinations and the vibrant tapestry of the human experience may especially appeal to those with a keen interest in discovering the world's untamed and lesser-known corners.

BABOONS FOR LUNCH And Other Sordid Adventures is a rollicking collection of travel stories by an explorer who has spent two decades visiting the most remote tribal societies on earth. It is adventure travel, storytelling, literature, and humor, from the world's most remote corners as an intrepid city dweller encounters ancient peoples for the first time.

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Author and explorer James Michael Dorsey has spent two decades visiting the world's most remote tribal cultures. In Baboons for Lunch and Other Sordid Adventures, he shares his remarkable travel stories in rollicking accounts that keep readers off balance and eager for more.

Many stories are funny, others are poignant, and quite a few are heart-stopping, while others provide unique insights into remote ways of life most of the world does not know exist.

In this book, the reader will climb a remote volcano in Ethiopia, cross the Sahara Desert with nomads, undergo a tribal exorcism, and visit shamans, healers, witch doctors, and holy men.

This is not your average travel book, but an entrée to some of the world's remote corners and people.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781609521257

Publisher: Travelers' Tales, Incorporated

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 May 2018

Country: United States

Imprint: Travelers' Tales, Incorporated

Illustration: B&W photos

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 133.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 250

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James Michael Dorsey Non-Fiction Travel & Adventure

About the Author

James Michael Dorsey is an award-winning author and explorer who has traveled in 48 countries to visit remote cultures before they vanish. He has written for LONELY PLANET, BBC TRAVEL, BBC WILDLIFE, GEOGRAPHIC EXPEDITIONS, Chicken SOUP FOR THE SOUL, and is a frequent contributor to UNITED AIRLINES’ HEMISPHERE and PERCEPTIVE TRAVEL. He has also written for COLLIERS, The CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, LOS ANGELES TIMES, WEND, NATURAL HISTORY, and GONOMAD. He writes for numerous African magazines, and is a travel consultant to BROWN&HUDSON of London, and correspondent for CAMERAPIX INTERNATIONAL of Nairobi. He is the author of VANISHING TALES FROM ANCIENT TRAILS, and his stories have appeared in 18 anthologies, including THE BEST TRAVEL WRITING volumes 10 and 11, plus the 2016 Lonely Planet Travel Anthology. He has won the grand prize for best travel writing from the Solas Awards, and other awards from TRANSITIONS ABROAD and NOWHERE MAGAZINE. He is a fellow of the Explorers Club and former director of the Adventurers Club.