{"product_id":"overland-1970-david-shirreff-9780993296949","title":"Overland 1970","description":"It is 1970 and in London a group of people gather around a Land Rover bedecked with jerry cans and hooked to a trailer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAhead lies a journey of many thousands of miles on 'The Hippie Trail', the well-trodden route from London to Nepal. They will encounter every imaginable hazard along increasingly dangerous roads that will take them through mountains, deserts, across empty plains and through teeming cities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOverland 1970\u003c\/i\u003e vividly recreates the experience of the 'Overlander' at a time when a Western traveller could make this epic journey without encountering war or totalitarianism. The Hippie Trail had its dangers but to anyone possessed of the spirit of adventure it offered a wealth of fascinating encounters and stunning landscapes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAuthor David Shirreff knows his subject well. Having driven the Hippie Trail several times, he captures the chilly mornings, the engine failures, the moments of rapture and the constant stimulus of new sights and experiences. But what sets his book apart is that he focuses on what is surely the essence of those journeys: what happened between the travellers themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInside a metal box for hours at a time, and for weeks on end, relationships ebbed and flowed. Travellers coupled and uncoupled, nursed grudges, formed bitter rivalries and, occasionally, arrived at a better understanding of themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOverland 1970 \u003c\/i\u003etakes the reader into that Land Rover and the experience of a vividly drawn cast of characters as they experience the journey of a lifetime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Shirreff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0993296947\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780993296949\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crunch Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/10\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.52d","brand":"David Shirreff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44080031465727,"sku":"9780993296949","price":9.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5b90df1b-069d-4cdb-80e0-7af2245df02f.jpg?v=1685484549","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/overland-1970-david-shirreff-9780993296949","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}