Richard Halliburton lived the kind of life many only dream of. He was from a wealthy family, and as soon as he graduated from Princeton in 1921, he hit the road to travel the world. No adventure was too far, too dangerous, or too illegal. Halliburton wrote numerous books, newspaper dispatches, and magazine articles about his experiences in exotic places.
While some criticized his writing as overly florid and others thought he made many of his stories up out of whole cloth, quite a few were inspired to follow in his footsteps.Halliburton’s romantic notions of travel seem to have had an especially enchanting effect on the youth of his day. Among his young fans:…
The post The Last Adventure of Richard Halliburton, the Forgotten Hero of 1930s America appeared first on FeedBox.