The Ride to Chandigarh by Harold Elvin 1957

Product Details

• Format - Hardcover
• Condition - Pages crisp and clear with tight binding. Pages browned with foxing in places. Foxing to page ends. Dust jacket has wear. See images to fully assess condition.

Synopsis

From Old Satara to the walls of the Himalayas, a trip of over 2000 miles, Harold Elvin sought the heart of India — by bicycle! No other means of transportation would have served his purpose so well or have made for a more enchanting book.

The record of this unique journey through India is like a succession of dazzling, beautifully detailed close-ups, framed with loving care and full of a joyous sense of discovery. Every mile of that inexhaustible country contains a revelation for the author and his reader: magnificent splendour side by side with incredible squalor; vast open landscapes and narrow, twisty defiles through wild jungle; primitive villages and sophisticated cities; temples, gardens, courts and private homes . . . and in every circumstance, the generosity and kindliness of an innately civilized people, regardless of station.

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