World of Villages: A Six-Year Journey Through Africa and Asia

A World of Villages: A Six-Year Journey Through Africa and Asia by Brian M Schwartz. Published by Crown Publishers Inc, New York, NY, 1986. 1st Stated Edition1st Printing. Hardbound, Paper DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine in Good DJ. Orig owners name stamped inside front & back cover and on title page. Balance of book in excellent condition. 499 Pgs. ISBN 0517558157. LCCN 85-24249. A 6 year journey along the back roads of Africa and Asia, the author traveled by road and rail, and at times on foot, through 50 countries, including India, China. And the nations of West, Central, and East Africa. This book is the story of his journey, staying in villages wherever possible, the author came to love the slow and stately cadence of village life and its rich and heady blend of myth and magic, custom and tradition. The author makes the unfamiliar ''ordinary people'' of the Third World as real to us as our neighbors. Description text copyright 2007 BooksForComfort. Item ID 15264.