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Elusive Traveller

The Life and Writings of Andrew Wilson (1830–1881)
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 2023

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This is the first-ever biography of the Victorian journalist, newspaper editor and travel writer Andrew Wilson (1830–1881). Born in Bombay, he was educated in the universities of Edinburgh and Tübingen, subsequently editing various newspapers in Bombay, Karachi and Hongkong. A prolific contributor to Blackwood’s Magazine, he became widely known for his book The Abode of Snow, the graphic description of a journey in the Himalaya. Based mainly on Wilson’s unpublished letters to John and William Blackwood, the biography reveals a striking personality whose life and career afford fascinating glimpses of the cultural, political and religious history of 19th-century Scotland in the context of the British Empire.

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Copyright year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-3-98740-084-1
ISBN-Online
978-3-98740-085-8
Publisher
Ergon, Baden-Baden
Series
Bibliotheca Academica - Reihe Geschichte
Volume
11
Language
English
Pages
162
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Table of contents

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  1. Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access 1 - 10
  2. Introduction No access 11 - 12
    1. The parents No access
    2. Bombay and its missionaries No access
    3. Missionary work and domestic life No access
    4. Farewell to India No access
    1. Arrival in Edinburgh No access
    2. The Edinburgh Academy No access
    3. Edinburgh University and New College No access
    4. Tübingen and Florence No access
    5. To India and back again No access
    1. “Wayside Songs” No access
    2. “Infanti Perduti” No access
    3. From “Life in Central Asia” to “Stories from Ancient Sind” No access
    1. Editing the “China Mail” No access
    2. Reporting Civil War America No access
    3. Interpreting China and its civilization No access
    1. “The Spectre of Milaggio” and “A Ride through Sutherland” No access
    2. “Switzerland in Summer and Autumn” No access
    3. ‘The “Ever-Victorious Army”’ No access
    1. A journey and its reworking No access
    2. Turning articles into a book No access
    3. Readers and reviewers No access
    1. Life at Bank House, Howtown No access
    2. Bereavement and new travels No access
    3. “A run through Kathiawar”and “Twenty Years of African Travel” No access
    4. Literary work and literary plans No access
    5. Five obituaries and one of a kind No access
  10. Sources No access 155 - 160
  11. Index No access 161 - 162

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