Alexander Frater
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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". He has also been a writer for the New Yorker
and chief travel correspondent for the London Observer.
'Chasing the Monsoon' is another notable work by Frater in which he follows the Monsoon in India.
In the book "Beyond the Blue Horizon" the author in 1984 went to Statesman-Aldwych Travel and asked them to provide him with a ticket to all the places that Imperial Airways used on their route to Australia in 1935. He succeeded in visiting most of the many strange airfields used then and tells also about the many intermediate flights between them with strange local airlines that most people never has heard about, but also in detail how it was to travel as a passenger to these far away and forgotten places back in 1935.
His latest book to date, published in 2008, is "The Balloon Factory". The book focuses on the pioneers of aviation based at The Balloon Factory in Farnbourgh. However in its review The Daily Telegraph called the book "unbalanced".
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
. 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
Vanuatu
Vanuatu , officially the Republic of Vanuatu , is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and southeast of the Solomon Islands, near New Guinea.Vanuatu was...
) 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". He has also been a writer for the New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
and chief travel correspondent for the London Observer.
'Chasing the Monsoon' is another notable work by Frater in which he follows the Monsoon in India.
In the book "Beyond the Blue Horizon" the author in 1984 went to Statesman-Aldwych Travel and asked them to provide him with a ticket to all the places that Imperial Airways used on their route to Australia in 1935. He succeeded in visiting most of the many strange airfields used then and tells also about the many intermediate flights between them with strange local airlines that most people never has heard about, but also in detail how it was to travel as a passenger to these far away and forgotten places back in 1935.
His latest book to date, published in 2008, is "The Balloon Factory". The book focuses on the pioneers of aviation based at The Balloon Factory in Farnbourgh. However in its review The Daily Telegraph called the book "unbalanced".
Books
- Stopping-Train Britain
- Beyond the Blue Horizon
- Chasing the Monsoon
- Tales from the Torrid Zone
- The Balloon Factory