David Attenborough, Dion Leonard (Finding Gobi), Dervla Murphy and Brian Jackman are just four of the authors whose work features in this new anthology from Bradt focusing on true stories about travelling with animals. In Beastly Journeys, there are 46 tales of extraordinary animal travel experiences, from hilarious holidays with pets to journeys on which wild animals somehow came along for the ride, including: David Attenborough tries to get an armadillo through Paraguayan customs; adventurer Ash Dykes takes a white cockerel to Maromokotro to ward off evil spirits; Mike Gerrard shares a car journey from Belsize Park to Canvey Island with a python; Brian Jackman rides, walks and swims with Abu the elephant; Bradt New Travel Writer of the Year Dom Tulett rows with a kingfisher; and John Rendall travels to Africa with Christian, the lion he bought at Harrods and raised in west London. Also included is a brand new piece of writing from ultramarathon runner Dion Leonard about his experience with Gobi, the stray dog who accompanied him for 80 miles over the treacherous Tian Shian mountains. A mix of new, previously unpublished writers and old favourites are included, with extracts from writers such as Mark Shand (Travels on my Elephant), Dervla Murphy (Eight Feet in the Andes) and Robert Louis Stevenson (Travels with a Donkey), not to mention Gerald Durrell, 19th-century explorer Isabella Bird and renowned publisher Michael Joseph. Compelling, engaging, surprising, humorous and entertaining if this book proves one thing it's that travel with animals is every bit as unpredictable as you would expect it to be.

'Quirky collection' - BBC Wildlife Magazine

Préface
. Follows on the success of To Oldly Go, one of the best-selling travel-writing titles of 2015, and Roam Alone, published to great acclaim in April 2017 . Includes brand new writing from Dion Leonard, ultramarathon runner and best-selling author of Finding Gobi . Includes new, fresh writing from previously unpublished authors

Auteur
The stories in this book were selected and edited by Hilary Bradt and Jennifer Barclay. The founder of Bradt guides, Hilary Bradt, has travelled with animals, mostly intentionally, for as long as she can remember. An early memory at primary school was being summoned by the head mistress to be shown her coat, hanging with the others in the hallway. It, and the coats belonging to other little girls, were covered in slimy trails ending in happily exploring snails. She had filled her pockets with them at the bus stop. Later, when lecturing on a cruise ship she lost a Madagascan hissing cockroach in her cabin; fortunately it was retrieved before being found by the cleaning staff. A more successful import from Madagascar was Millicent the giant pill millipede who made it to England disguised as a piece of camera equipment and lived for over a year in an aquarium. The Big Journey with an animal, however, was the thousand-mile ride through the west of Ireland, initially with Mollie (described in this book's predecessor, Roam Alone), and then with Peggy recounted in this new book. Now semi-retired, Hilary lives with her two guinea pigs in Devon. Jennifer Barclay is the author of Meeting Mr Kim: Or How I Went to Korea and Learned to Love Kimchi, Falling in Honey: Life and Love on a Greek Island and An Octopus in my Ouzo: Loving Life on a Greek Island. Growing up in a village in the north of England, she has lived and worked in Canada and France, and travelled around New South Wales, Australia, looking after animals from sheep to pythons. A literary agent and editor since the 1990s, she has been involved with books about both travel and animals for over a decade and co-edited the Bradt anthologies The Irresponsible Traveller, To Oldly Go and Roam Alone. She lives on a small island in the Aegean and when not reading or writing can often be found hiking to beaches or taking ferries to other islands while attached to her dog, Lisa. She is always looking for dog-friendly places to stay and despite the name of her blog, has never put an octopus in ouzo.

Résumé
Beastly Journeys: Unusual Tales of Travel with Animals - Travel literature collection of tales of travelling with animals, both intentional and accidental. Includes stories from a mix of previously unpublished writers and old and modern favourites, from David Attenborough to Dion Leonard, Gerald Durrell, Isabella Bird and Robert Louis Stevenson.

Contenu
Introduction Hilary Bradt THE AMERICAS From Zoo Quest in Paraguay Sir David Attenborough The Llama that Couldn't Gordon Thompson Running with Parrots Katharine Lowrie From Eight Feet in the Andes Dervla Murphy Barry's Flying Visit Adrian Phillips Pepper Pays her Passage Celia Dillow Just a Dog Emma Laing From The Whispering Land Gerald Durrell Beer and Burras Graham Mackintosh Spinny the Sea Cat Frances Howorth Dapple the Reluctant Donkey John Harrison EUROPE Goldfish Trek Emma Macdonald From Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes Robert Louis Stevenson Monty in a Basket Mike Gerrard Smuggling Fleur Hugh Tucker From High Albania Edith Durham, selected and introduced by Elizabeth Gowing Polly Kala Mary Johns Understanding Peggy Hilary Bradt From Zarafa Michael Allin One Man and a Mule Hugh Thomson Hedgehogs on the Road Tanis Jordan From The Bible in Spain George Borrow The Show Must Go On Sarah Pope Lost and Found in the Arctic Kelsey Camacho From Charles: The Story of a Friendship Michael Joseph From Me, My Bike and a Street Dog Called Lucy Ishbel Holmes AFRICA Habibi Sheelagh Reynolds From The Sky is on Fire Magsie Hamilton Little The White Cockerel Ash Dykes Painted Wolves Jonathan Scott Annie's Story Richard Kitzinger An Elephant Called Abu Brian Jackman Follow the Leader Suzy Pope Our Long-Eared Holiday Companion Alison Ely From Christian the Lion: the Ilustrated Legacy John Rendall ASIA From Travels on my Elephant Mark Shand Finding Gobi Dion Leonard Kenny Dom Tulett From Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Bird The Road to Blue Paradise Lu Barnham Rani and Me Harjeet Johal From Across Coveted Lands Henry Savage Landor AUSTRALASIA Piloted across the Indian Ocean Sarah Outen Starboard Michael Howorth Jack Sparrow Rachel A Davis From Tracks Robyn Davidson