Product Description

Halliburton started entertaining the world in the early 1920s. “The Flying Carpet” was his fourth and most famous book and details his epic adventures flying a bi-plane through remote parts of the globe . The resultant work doesn’t have a dull page. It details how Halliburton landed in Timbuctoo, passed over Mt. Everest, flew over the Taj Mahal upside down, and dropped down into the jungles of Borneo to visit with native head hunters. If one book could summarize all the reckless love of life and romance that symbolized Richard Halliburton, then this is the book.
Yet even famed explorers are often overcome. Halliburton disappeared in 1939 while trying to sail a Chinese junk from China to San Francisco, the victim of a legendary typhoon. Thus “The Flying Carpet” is not just an adventure travel classic, full of photographs and surprises. It serves as a literary memorial to its dashing, globe-trotting author.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1365379 in Books
• Published on: 2001-10
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 368 pages

From the Publisher
This is part of our Adventure Travel Classic collection.

About the Author
He was the most dashing, handsome adventure traveler America ever had. During the roaring 1920s and 30s he traveled the world like a whirlwind, risking his life performing daredevil stunts like swimming the Panama Canal, or diving into the accursed Mayan Well of Death, not once but twice. He was welcomed by royalty. He lived on Devil’s Island. He enlisted in the French Foreign Legion. He flew a bi-plane upside down over the Taj Mahal. He was born in Tennessee but called the world his home. His name was Richard Halliburton, and today that name is sadly forgotten.
But once, before the advent of television, before the destruction of the Second World War, every American sat glued to the radio, eagerly listening for news of what crazy young Dick Halliburton had done next.