The Danakil Diary

by Wilfred Thesiger

Book Overview

The earliest and most influential expeditions of the man now considered to be the greatest living explorer.

The Danakil Diary is the account of two journeys Thesiger made into the Danakil country in Abyssinia, now Ethiopia, in 1930-34 at the age of 24 - which, today, he still regards as the most dangerous he undertook.

It was an extraordinary journey and a remarkable achievement. Thesiger succeeded in penetrating country that had...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0006387756
• ISBN13: 9780006387756
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Flamingo
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"