{"product_id":"horizon-fever-i-archibald-edmund-filby-9781922476395","title":"Horizon Fever I: Explorer A E Filby's own account of his extraordinary expedition through Africa, 1931-1935","description":"\u003cp\u003eNot 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 He died before I was born, but his unpublished manuscript, 'Horizon Fever', and many scrapbooks, survived.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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThanks 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Archibald Edmund Filby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1922476390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781922476395\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ant Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Archibald Edmund Filby","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47427639279871,"sku":"9781922476395","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_852ffccd-d9f1-4a9d-8857-bc7d5ec9864c.jpg?v=1761580647","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/horizon-fever-i-archibald-edmund-filby-9781922476395","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}