Title says it all. He's in his mid 80s and his health is deteriorating rapidly. He's lived in 15 different countries and travelled to over 100 more. He asked for "culturally-rich adventure" books, or really anything else you all might recommend to someone who is grappling with his mortality after living a life full of adventure and travel.
by celestialbodies333
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The Ride of Her Life by Elizabeth Letts
Agent Josephine by Damien Lewis
Nala’s World by Dean Nicholson
All The Beauty in the World by Patrick Bringley
The Last Cold Place by Naira de Gracia
How to Be a Good Creature by Sy Montgomery
There’s books by BruceChatwin which are like travelogues. In Patagonia is great, the others also really good.
There’s also Sir David Attenborough’s book about his travels- Adventures of a young naturalist.
I have 4 suggestions.
1. The Goat Brothers By Larry Colton,
2. A Fine Balance By Rohan Mistry,
3. L.A. Rex By Will Beall,
4. Tulia By Nate Blakeslee,
Hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
Anything by Paul Theroux – Riding the Iron Rooster to start..
Any of Richard Halliburton’s books!
Kon-Tiki if he’s never read it. It blew me away.
Congo Kitabu by Jean-Pierre Hallet – About his adventures in Central Africa during the 50’s / 60’s. Hallet had a deep love for the culture and people. He was also a badass.
Endurance
The ship beneath the ice
Sea people
Wild Sea
The last cold place
Kon Tiki
Iron and silk
Riding into the heart of Patagonia
Uttermost part of the Earth
The mountains of my life
The worst journey in the world
The Emerald Mile
Travels in Siberia
Beyond the sky and earth
The happy isles of Oceania
A good horse has no color
Hearing birds fly
The roads to Sata
James A. Michener
Lawrence Ferlinghetti writing across the landscape. Noteboks of a poet and great traveller