The Cruel Way

by Ella Maillart and Ella K. Maillart

Book Overview

In 1939 Swiss travel writer and journalist Ella K. Maillart set off on an epic journey from Geneva to Kabul with fellow writer Annemarie Schwarzenbach in a brand new Ford. As the first European women... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807070211
• ISBN13: 9780807070215
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Beacon Press (MA)
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

the ancestor of the adventure book

If you liked Into Thin Air or The Perfect Storm, search out all of Ella Maillart's books. She was a female adventurer back when women didn't even travel to civilized places, much less uncivilized ones. Her books are inspiring to read. I'm amazed at all the places she sought out around the globe. What a woman!