[.ca] Flying Carpet (ISBN 1590480821)

The great handsome adventurer:
In his first book, on page one He states his happiness would be to sail off into the sunset.. and that was exactly what he did .He sailed of on a chinese junk (ship) and was never heard from again. This man was dashing ,handsome, and wonderful. In the middle of a depression when no one sold anything He managed to sell 50000 copies of his book. That says a lot.. he would have been one of the greatest authors of all time .. If he had been writting in a different time . If you love a true to life ,bigger than life ,real life adventure , all of Richard Halliburton's books will amaze and entertain you.

O, Glorious Adventure!:
Easily one of my favorite Halliburton books (#1 on my list is New Worlds to Conquer"). Young Richard was so daring and gifted, he refused to let his dreams stay dreams. His wealth and sense of entitlement led him to undertake every adventure he could think of...giving airplane rides to a REAL princess! ... living in the most notorious prisons!... sneaking in to the Foreign Legion! Swimming in the fountains at the Taj Mahal! Not only was Halliburton a great explorer, he was also a gifted adventure writer & photographer, bringing true thrills to those of us who travel in our armchairs. I'm so glad to see some of these books have been reprinted. They are an absolute "must read" for anyone who dreams of faraway lands!

A gentleman and romantic with"the Right Stuff":
As one who has had the privilege to fly open cockpit biplanes across many far flung places, I understand the difficulty in sharing the view, the emotion and the experience that is unique to this mode of travel. Thus it was with incredible pleasure that I happened upon RIchard Haliburton's "Flying Carpet", a tale of travel around the globe. Haliburton accomplished this feat with a hired pilot just shortly after the first solo crossing of the Atlantic by Lindbergh. For Haliburton, the biplane was far less a technical wonder of it's time, than a magical key to enter new and unexplored kindoms. What makes his tale so rich in the telling is the lack of technical jargon. Instead Haliburton, ever the Romantic, regales the reader with the human interest side of his adventures. This makes for far more interesting reading than relentless descriptions of how one actually flew the plane from place to place - yet with enough sense of the daring aviation side of the adventure to leave me breathless. Evident at all times as well is Haliburton's Princeton education, and extensive knowlege of ancient history. Although the style, some of the references, and socio/religious commentary may be a bit dated or slanted for some readers, there is much to be learned from this wonderful tale of daring-do.