A Ramble Round the Globe

Infobox Book

name = "A Ramble Round the Globe"
image_caption =
author = Thomas Dewar
country = Scotland
language = English
genre = Non-fiction
publisher = Chatto and Windus
release_date = 1894
media_type = Print
pages = 316 pp
isbn =

"A Ramble Round the Globe" is a 1894 book by Thomas Dewar detailing his journey around the world publicizing Dewars Scotch Whisky. The book is at least purportedly Dewar's journal, written solely for his friends who "wanted to know 'all about it.'" [http://books.google.com/books?id=G7cBAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage#PPP11,M1]

Dewar's travels

Dewar's trip was motivated not only by a desire to market his brand, but also by medical imperatives: Dewar had been battling a persistent cold that had been growing worse, and his doctor suggested that a warmer climate could rid him of this threatening cold.

The journey departed from the Speyside region of Scotland and embarked for Boston, then traversed America, advertising in New York, Washington, Chicago, and San Francisco. He then took to the sea and found himself in Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, China, and Hong Kong. The writings both praise and chastise his surroundings as he traverses through the very differing cities around the world.

The journey was a success. Upon his return Dewar's was on both sides of the Atlantic and Pacific. Whisky was little known, let along drank outside of Scotland at the time, and Sir Thomas Dewar played a large role in changing this to bring the Dewar's brand to homes around the world.

"A Ramble Round the Globe: Revisited "

Infobox Book
name = "A Ramble Round the Globe: Revisited"
author = Malcolm Greenwood
country = Scotland
language = English
genre = Non-fiction
publisher = Neil Wilson Publishing
release_date = 1999
media_type = Print
pages = 92 pp
isbn = ISBN 1-897784-96-1The 1894 book was revisited by Malcolm Greenwood, another Scotch Whisky enthusiast, in his 1999 "A Ramble Round the Globe: Revisited". Inspired by the original book, Greenwood decided to trace Dewar's footsteps and travel around the globe in order to re-examine the places and cultures Dewar visited over a hundred years earlier.

The book is written in journal style, divided between entries labeled "MG" for Malcolm Greenwood or "TD" for Tommy Dewar. The style shows how the sites have changed or remained the same between 1894 and 1999.

References

External links

* [http://books.google.com/books?id=G7cBAAAAYAAJ Full text of "A Ramble Round the Globe"] on Google Books