A rousing odyssey of youth and adventure from the premier travel writer of his time. "The Royal Road to Romance" chronicles the author's choice of adventure over career after graduating from college in the early 1900s, and includes his recollections of a breakthrough ascent of the Matterhorn to being jailed on Gibraltar for taking forbidden photos. "One of the most fascinating books of its kind ever written".--"Detroit News".
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A rousing odyssey of youth and adventure from the premier travel writer of his time. "The Royal Road to Romance" chronicles the author's choice of adventure over career after graduating from college in the early 1900s, and includes his recollections of a breakthrough ascent of the Matterhorn to being jailed on Gibraltar for taking forbidden photos. "One of the most fascinating books of its kind ever written".--"Detroit News".
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