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Vagabond Girl: Life and love on the road from Tel Aviv to Timbuktu

Jenny Steele Scolding

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Description:In 1964, aged 21, Jenny Steele walks out of her job at the BBC and buys a one-way ticket on a steamer to Israel. She has just £20 in her pocket. So begins her lifelong passion for the open road, travelling rough and living by her wits, in an era before mobile phones, ATMs and the internet.Jenny’s fascinating and frank account charts her journey from a Surrey convent school to rural India and the desert wastes of Iran, Sudan and the Sahara. Hitch-hiking in trucks and sleeping anywhere - in doss houses, brothels, cow sheds, temples or beneath the open skies - she receives extraordinary hospitality from people in all walks of life, gaining an intimate insight into their struggles and dreams.Taking whatever jobs come to hand, Jenny learns to survive in a male-dominated world, eventually building a career in documentary film and television. As we follow her progress through the 1960s and ‘70s, witnessing her wild escapades and multiple love affairs, we also brush with pivotal moments in history: India and Pakistan at war; Nyere’s socialist Tanzania; famine in Ethiopia; religious riots in Nigeria. Along the way we meet prime ministers, film stars, famous artists and writers, rock legends and revolutionaries.And we share in a life well-lives.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Vagabond Girl: Life and love on the road from Tel Aviv to Timbuktu. To get started finding Vagabond Girl: Life and love on the road from Tel Aviv to Timbuktu, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 436

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Serpentine Design

Release: 2020

ISBN: 0957285159

Description: In 1964, aged 21, Jenny Steele walks out of her job at the BBC and buys a one-way ticket on a steamer to Israel. She has just £20 in her pocket. So begins her lifelong passion for the open road, travelling rough and living by her wits, in an era before mobile phones, ATMs and the internet.Jenny’s fascinating and frank account charts her journey from a Surrey convent school to rural India and the desert wastes of Iran, Sudan and the Sahara. Hitch-hiking in trucks and sleeping anywhere - in doss houses, brothels, cow sheds, temples or beneath the open skies - she receives extraordinary hospitality from people in all walks of life, gaining an intimate insight into their struggles and dreams.Taking whatever jobs come to hand, Jenny learns to survive in a male-dominated world, eventually building a career in documentary film and television. As we follow her progress through the 1960s and ‘70s, witnessing her wild escapades and multiple love affairs, we also brush with pivotal moments in history: India and Pakistan at war; Nyere’s socialist Tanzania; famine in Ethiopia; religious riots in Nigeria. Along the way we meet prime ministers, film stars, famous artists and writers, rock legends and revolutionaries.And we share in a life well-lives.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Vagabond Girl: Life and love on the road from Tel Aviv to Timbuktu. To get started finding Vagabond Girl: Life and love on the road from Tel Aviv to Timbuktu, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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