Leila Hadley (1925–2009)
Autor von Give Me the World (Adventura Books)
Über den Autor
Travel writer Leila Hadley grew up in Greenvale, N.Y., graduated from St. Timothy's School in Stevenson, Maryland, and declined a scholarship to Radcliffe in order to get married. After divorcing her first husband, she found work in the public relations field first with the cartoonist Al Capp and mehr anzeigen then for The Howdy Doody Show. In 1951, she left on a two-year trip around the world aboard a schooner, which provided her with the material for her first book Give Me the World. She went on to write a series of guidebooks for travelers with children including How to Travel with Children in Europe (1963), Fielding's Guide to Traveling with Children in Europe (1972) and Traveling with Children in the U.S.A. (1976). She also wrote A Journey with Elsa Cloud, Tibet 20 Years after the Chinese Takeover, and A Garden by the Sea. She was an editor at Diplomat magazine and a cartoon editor at The Saturday Evening Post. She died on February 10, 2009 at the age of 83. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Hadley, Leila
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Burton, Beatrice Leila Eliott
Luce, Leila Hadley
Hadley, Leila Eliott Burton - Andere Namen
- Luce, Leila Hadley
- Geburtstag
- 1925-09-22
- Todestag
- 2009-02-10
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- USA
- Wohnorte
- New York, New York, USA
- Berufe
- publicist
editor
travel writer - Beziehungen
- Salinger, J. D. (friend)
- Organisationen
- The Saturday Evening Post
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Give Me the World von Leila Hadley
Autobiographical account of a Round The World trip in the 1950's by a woman and her small child - best for the chapters about passage on the Schooner California, crewed by four ex US Navy men.
Newly divorced Audrey Hepburn lookalike Leila Hadley packs up her 4-year-old son and extensive wardrobe for a journey around Southeast Asia. It's a daring choice for a woman in the 1950s, but Hadley views herself as a person doing what her heart wants, not a feminist crusader. It's not long before she's talked her way onto a small boat crewed by Navy veterans on a round-the-world voyage. Hadley is a vivid, perceptive and adventurous writer and this is one of my all-time favorite travel books.
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- 7
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- Beliebtheit
- #137,935
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- 3.7
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