Mountains And A Shore - A Journey Through Southern Turkey

Mountains and a Shore – A Journey Through Southern Turkey (1966) by Michael Pereira
Published by The Travel Book Club

A quietly evocative travelogue from a time when backpacking didn’t involve Wi-Fi, influencers, or anything remotely resembling breathable fabrics. In Mountains and a Shore, Michael Pereira ambles through southern Turkey with wit, grace, and a genuine affection for the landscape and its people — all penned in that crisp 1960s prose that somehow makes even a dusty bus ride sound romantic.

Published for the tweed-clad armchair adventurer by The Travel Book Club in 1966, this edition is a proper throwback to when travel books came with maps, manners, and minimal nonsense. Expect Byzantine ruins, sleepy villages, and a decent dose of post-imperial melancholy.

Sold with characteristic ambivalence by Crappy Old Books — the home of mildly foxed paper, misplaced bookmarks, and literary charm.

Good condition, with paper dust jacket.

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