{"product_id":"horizon-fever-i-large-print-explorer-a-e-filbys-own-account-of-his-extraordinary-expedition-through-africa-1931-1935","title":"Horizon Fever I - LARGE PRINT: Explorer A E Filby's own account of his extraordinary expedition through Africa, 1931-1935","description":"Not only was A E Filby a famous British explorer, but he was also my Uncle Archie. He died before I was born, but his unpublished manuscript, 'Horizon Fever', and many scrapbooks, survived. Proclaimed \"the World's most travelled motorist\", A E Filby undertook some breathtaking expeditions, including his 37,000 mile journey from London to Cape Town and back in a series of dilapidated motorcars.\n\n'Horizon Fever' is an honest, colourful, often shocking account; a snapshot of bygone days and attitudes. It tells of missionaries, pygmies, big-game hunting, gold-mining, crossing the Sahara and swimming in the Nile with crocodiles. One of Archie's companions was a monkey called Congo. Another was a dog that adopted him, until it was killed and dragged up a tree by a leopard. Archie himself comes across as a courageous, feisty, quick-tempered, bossy little man, but full of fun, generous and never one to bear a grudge.\n\nThanks to Archie's records and photographs, we have a unique glimpse of an astonishing feat of endurance, 80 years after it was completed. --Victoria Twead\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1922476404\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1922476404.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Twead, Joe|Filby, Archibald Edmund|Twead, Victoria\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43520565379133,"sku":"BVV.1922476404.VG","price":20.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1922476404-0.jpg?v=1787778137","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/horizon-fever-i-large-print-explorer-a-e-filbys-own-account-of-his-extraordinary-expedition-through-africa-1931-1935","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}