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Deck Passage: A Memoir
Deck Passage: A Memoir
Deck Passage: A Memoir
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In 1956, as a nineteen-year-old university student, the author set out with a companion on a two-month journey around the Eastern Mediterranean. A unique feature of the trip was their decision to hitchhike. The journey began in Madrid, Spain. Warand the threat of warposed barriers to a continuous land-based effort, inspiring them to book deck passage on tramp steamers plying the Mediterranean whenever the need arose.

Less than a dozen years after the Second World War, it was a time when Americans were well received wherever they went. It was also a time when university students of all nationalities were held in high regard. Capitalizing on these two sentiments, the author and his companion navigated the treacherous currents of cultural misunderstanding, rigid officialdom, and language to arrive at their intended destinationIstanbul, Turkeyjust as planned.

The memoir recounts their adventures hitchhiking down to Sicily; taking deck passage to Malta and on to Benghazi, Libya; hitchhiking across North Africa; taking deck passage to Beirut; hitchhiking through the Middle East; and finally boarding the famed Orient Express in Istanbul, Turkey, for a memorable train trip behind the Iron Curtain.
LanguageEnglish
PublisheriUniverse
Release dateJul 17, 2017
ISBN9781532028038
Deck Passage: A Memoir
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Joseph W. Michels

JOSEPH W. MICHELS came to fiction writing after a long career as an archaeologist and cultural anthropologist. KAGNEW STATION: DATELINE 1956 is a sequel to the ALAN HARPER TRILOGY. The author became acquainted with Kagnew Station in 1974 while directing a large archaeological project in the region. The project’s headquarters was two blocks from the entrance to Kagnew Station and the project’s staff made extensive use of the base’s facilities.

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