Alexander Frater

Alexander Frater

Alexander Frater is a travel writer and journalist. He is noted for three well-regarded travel books, the most recent, "Tales for the Torrid Zone", is in part an autobiography (of his childhood in Vanuatu) and a travelogue, was reviewed by the New York Times and described as "a pleasing grab bag of a book, a jumble of funny encounters, strange sights, forgotten history and really bad food". [cite web | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/07/books/07grim.html|work=The New York Times | title=Some Like It Hot (He Likes It Steaming) | last=Grimes | date=March 7, 2007 | first=William | accessdate=2008-06-24] He has also been a writer for the New Yorker and chief travel correspondent for the London Observer. [ cite web | url=http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=9254 | publisher = Random House | title=Alexander Frater, Author spotlight | accessdate=2008-06-24]

References

Books

*Beyond the Blue Horizon
*Chasing the Monsoon
*Tales from the Torrid Zone


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Alexander Aksinin — Alexander Timofejewitsch Aksinin (russisch: Александр Тимофеевич Аксинин, * 4. November 1954 in Leningrad, heute Sankt Petersburg) ist ein ehemaliger russischer Leichtathlet und Olympiasieger, der für die Sowjetunion antrat. Bei einer Körpergröße …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Alexander Timofejewitsch Aksinin — (russisch: Александр Тимофеевич Аксинин, * 4. November 1954 in Leningrad) ist ein ehemaliger russischer Leichtathlet und Olympiasieger, der für die Sowjetunion antrat. Bei einer Körpergröße von 1,73 m betrug sein Wettkampfgewicht 67 kg. Seinen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Alexander Lauder — Alexander de Lawedre (d. October 11, 1440, Edinburgh) was for the last five months of his life Bishop of Dunkeld, where he had previously been Archdeacon.There is confusion amongst writers as to his parentage, with some giving him as a son of… …   Wikipedia

  • ALEXANDER I — I. ALEXANDER I Rex Macedonum decimus, fil. Amyntae, frequens Olympionices. Legatos Megabyzi, ad Patrem missos, lascivientes occidit, regnumque non tam Persici Regis munificentiâ, quâm propriâ virtute, auxit. Obiit an. regni 42. Iustin. l. 7. c. 3 …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Alexander Of Hales — ▪ French theologian and philosopher born c. 1170/85, Hales, Gloucestershire, Eng. died 1245, Paris       theologian and philosopher whose doctrines influenced the teachings of such thinkers as St. Bonaventure and John of La Rochelle. The Summa… …   Universalium

  • George Alexander Sullivan — (1890 1942) was the founder of the Rosicrucian Order Crotona Fellowship.Born in 1890 in Liverpool, Sullivan is believed to have organized a group named the Order of Twelve from 1911 1914 and again from 1920. In about 1924 it became known as the… …   Wikipedia

  • William Alexander Ayton — (1816 1909) was a British Anglican clergyman, with an interest in alchemy. [Ronald Decker and Michael Dummett, A History of the Occult Tarot 1870 1970 (2003) p.62, a clergyman of the Church of England and well known in occult circles as an… …   Wikipedia

  • Carl Alexander von Württemberg — Carl Alexander Herzog von Württemberg (Pater Odo OSB) (* 12. März 1896 in Stuttgart; † 27. Dezember 1964 in Altshausen) war ein Mitglied des Hauses Württemberg und ein Benediktinermönch. Während und nach der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Carl Alexander Herzog von Württemberg — (Pater Odo OSB) (* 12. März 1896 in Stuttgart; † 27. Dezember 1964 in Altshausen) war ein Mitglied des Hauses Württemberg und ein Benediktinermönch. Während und nach der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus engagierte er sich in der Hilfe für Flüchtlinge …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • George Alexander Sullivan — (1890 1942) était un acteur britannique qui travaillait sous le nom d’Alex Mathews. Il s est impliqué dans le mouvement rosicrucien. Biographie Sullivan a dirigé un groupe appelé l Ordre des Douze (Order of Twelve) de 1911 à 1914, et ensuite à… …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”