mcdowell bart george mobley (1 risultati)

Magazine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Royal octavo [25cm/10 inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 279-294. Fully illustrated with b-w halftone and colour plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional snapshots. . McDowells January 2009 obituary in the Washington Times noted: "Mr. McDowell is remembered by friends and relatives as urbane, gracious and witty. In the course of writing five books and nearly three dozen articles during his career at the magazine, he met President Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird; Pope John Paul II; the kings of Thailand and Tonga; and Spain's Generalissimo Francisco Franco. Mr. McDowell worked on six continents and in 67 countries, including all the republics of the former Soviet Union. He traveled the world with Charles Lindbergh and Laurence and Mary Rockefeller and sailed the Indian Ocean with the U.S. Navy. He spent six months driving from London to New Delhi seeking the source of Gypsy culture for his book "Gypsies: Wanderers of the World." In exceptionally good condition.