Linklater, Eric.

The Man On My Back: An Autobiography.

London, Macmillan & Co., 1947. 14 cm x 22 cm. VII, 341 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Good condition with minor signs of external wear.

Includes for example the following chapters: The Island Lake / Soldiers in Bed / The Freedom of Baghdad / The Persian Road / The Sturgeon Sea / Black Sea Prisoners / Pacific Voyage / Return to Bombay / Holiday in Assam / The Tibetan Border / Cathay and the Way Thither / A House in Orkney etc.

″Eric Robert Russell Linklater (8 March 1899 – 7 November 1974) was a Welsh-born Scottish writer of novels and short stories, military history, and travel books. For The Wind on the Moon, a children’s fantasy novel, he won the 1944 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association for the year’s best children’s book by a British subject.” (Wikipedia)

• Keywords: 20th century · Autobiography · Literature · Memoirs · Travel
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 72080AB

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