Gavin Young

Gavin Young

Gavin Young (24 April 192818 January 2001) was a British journalist, war correspondent for The Observer Now, The Guardian and travel writer. He was born in 1928 in London, England and spent most of his youth there in Wales and in Cornwall. He was a graduate of Oxford University where he studied modern history. Young died in London in 2001.

elected works

*"Return to the Marshes". 1977 - travels with the Marsh Arabs of Iraq
*"Iraq: Land of Two Rivers", 1980 - travels in Mesopotamia
*"Slow Boats to China", 1981 - travel round the world by water transport
*"Slow Boats Home", 1985 - travel round the world by water transport
*"Worlds Apart", 1987 - a collection of journalistic articles
*"Beyond Lion Rock", 1987 - the story of Cathay Pacific Airways
*"Introduction" to a new edition of "Uttermost Part of the Earth" by Lucas Bridges, 1987and many more...


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