Deck Passage: A Memoir
xul. de 2017 · iUniverse
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In 1956, as a nineteen-year-old university student, the author set out with a companion on a two-month journey around the Eastern Mediterranean. A unique feature of the trip was their decision to hitchhike. The journey began in Madrid, Spain. Warand the threat of warposed barriers to a continuous land-based effort, inspiring them to book deck passage on tramp steamers plying the Mediterranean whenever the need arose. Less than a dozen years after the Second World War, it was a time when Americans were well received wherever they went. It was also a time when university students of all nationalities were held in high regard. Capitalizing on these two sentiments, the author and his companion navigated the treacherous currents of cultural misunderstanding, rigid officialdom, and language to arrive at their intended destinationIstanbul, Turkeyjust as planned. The memoir recounts their adventures hitchhiking down to Sicily; taking deck passage to Malta and on to Benghazi, Libya; hitchhiking across North Africa; taking deck passage to Beirut; hitchhiking through the Middle East; and finally boarding the famed Orient Express in Istanbul, Turkey, for a memorable train trip behind the Iron Curtain.
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JOSEPH W. MICHELS is an archaeologist whose extensive fieldwork in such areas as Central America, Africa, and Europe has earned him an international reputation. Now retired, he makes his home in San Francisco where he pursues a second career as a writer. He is currently working on his tenth novel.
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