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VOYAGE 1855, a British Gentleman's Extraordinary Adventures Abroad Is The
Shortest and Most Riveting Travel Book Ever Written!
Who, but Victorian gent Thomas Hughes Jackson, could recount such remarkable adventures with such
staggering charm, and all in 39 pages? Jackson was a fascinating product of the heyday of British Empire, self-reliant,
sporty, gregarious, equally comfortable playing billiards with a Javanese emperor, hunting snipe in Malaysia, panning
for gold in Australia, or flirting with pretty shop-girls. This
young man from Birkenhead, England had jolly thrilling adventures on his 1855 world tour that will delight
the old and young alike. Ailemo Books has embellished the original text with a number of delightful engravings so
that Voyage 1855 may be enjoyed over and over again.
 "Victorian Travel at its best and briefest." --Michael Waldock, Come
Fly With Us! A Global History of the Airline Hostess "Perfect
for the traveler with ADD! Don't miss this one!"
--Denis Page, President, Si Fang Luxury Travel. Ltd
"Unburdened by introspection, never whining, always ready for anything, the
heroically English Thomas Hughes Jackson swiftly takes us 'round the world on a memorable journey where the 'fizz' flows freely,
the snipe are shot in shoals, Rio is overrun by rats, and our narrator blithely embraces one marvelously epic detour after
another. Hughes Jackson is a paragon of non-verbosity, a Ulysses of understatement, and the publication of his delightful
nano-memoir is a welcome gift to our era of all-too-prolix travel writing." ---Hal
Espen, former editor, Outside magazine
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