Honest, Gritty, Insightful… New Africa Book Makes the World’s Most Exciting Continent Read Just Like That
“It used to be only the British mastered the art of spinning the sweaty traveler’s tale. Along comes Brandon Wilson who teaches us that an observant fellow from Hawaii can deal with Africa’s grime, dysentery and uncertainty with superior grace and wit.”~ John Heminway, film producer/author of Yonder: A Place in Montana and No Man's Land: A Personal Journey into Africa.
Maui, Hawaii (PRWEB) August 10, 2006 -- Once again, the award-winning author, photographer and explorer Brandon Wilson has written a travel adventure tale that keeps you at the edge of your seat.
Dead Men Don’t Leave Tips is a captivating tale filled with a passion for travel, vivid and exciting, as well as funny, and real. It is written with a keen eye for detail, and takes you onto the crazed roads of Africa, as well as into the hearts and lives of its people.
Dead Men Don’t Leave Tips takes readers across Africa on a new adventure every chapter as he and his intrepid wife photo-stalk mountain gorillas, hunt dik-dik with Pygmies, climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, explore the Serengeti, hop a "gun-run" through Mozambique's civil war, raft Zambezi Class V rapids and arrive in South Africa as Soweto erupts into violence.
“Dead Men Don’t Leave Tips is honest, gritty and insightful. Best of all, it makes the world’s most exciting continent read just like that,” said John Heminway, film producer/author of Yonder: A Place in Montana and No Man's Land: A Personal Journey into Africa. “It used to be only the British mastered the art of spinning the sweaty traveler’s tale. Along comes Brandon Wilson who teaches us that an observant fellow from Hawaii can deal with Africa’s grime, dysentery and uncertainty with superior grace and wit.”
Dead Men Don’t Leave Tips leads readers through the ups and downs of independent travel in a land still little-known by Western audiences. On the other hand, it lends a human face to a continent vastly different from the one portrayed in the news. It takes readers onto the crazed roads of African adventure and into the hearts of its people–while transforming the predictable “travelogue” into a raw, penetrating, more poignant genre.
Wilson is no novice to these types of journeys. It’s his passion. He has already walked four of the most important trails in early European history, trekking the Camino de Santiago 500-miles across northern Spain (twice), the St. Olav’s Way 450-miles across Norway, and he was the first American to walk the 1150-mile Via Francigena from Canterbury, England to Rome.
He has just completed a 2,700-mile pilgrimage trek for peace from Dijon, France to Jerusalem.
Mayra Calvani, Midwest Book Review (April 2006) recently said, "What’s striking about Wilson’s books (he’s also the author of the IPPY Award winner Yak Butter Blues) is that his journeys are not only physical but highly spiritual as well. His are journeys of body and soul in every sense of the word."
Simply put, Wilson’s philosophy is, “Don't put off following your dreams. There are always excuses and the world is full of naysayers. Chart your own course and do it! No excuses, no regrets.”
“Dead Men Don’t Leave Tips: Adventures X Africa” (ISBN: 0977053644, 0977053652) was recently published by Pilgrim’s Tales, along the second edition of Wilson’s award-winning “Yak Butter Blues” (ISBN: 0977053660, 0977053679).
Whether you’re planning a safari yourself, you’re an avid armchair-traveler, or simply like to just shake your head at the craziness of others, Wilson’s tales are bound to give you an inspiring and unforgettably gritty glance at lands less traveled.
Both books are distributed by Ingram and Baker & Taylor in the US and Gardners and Bertrams in the UK and Europe. They are available at bookstores, Amazon.com, BN.com, major Internet bookstores and from PilgrimsTales.com.
For a preview, please visit http://www.PilgrimsTales.com
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