Richard Halliburton - Wikipedia
Richard Halliburton (January 9, 1900 – presumed dead after March 24, 1939) was an American travel writer and adventurer who swam the length of the Panama Canal and paid the lowest toll in its history—36 cents in 1928. [1]
The Last Adventure of Richard Halliburton, the Forgotten Hero …
2014年3月25日 · Near the height of his fame in 1930, the travel writer and adventurer Richard Halliburton received a singular honor: Vanity Fair put him on its list of celebrities “We nominate for oblivion.”
Richard Halliburton | Explorer, Adventurer, Traveler | Britannica
2025年1月5日 · Richard Halliburton was an American travel and adventure writer who spent most of his adult life exploring the world. After his sophomore year at Princeton University, Halliburton found his way to New Orleans, joined a crew on a freighter ship, …
80 Years Ago, Tennessee's Famous 'Boy Adventurer' Met His Untimely Death
It was 80 years ago this month, presumably on March 24, 1939, that Brownsville, Tennessee-native Richard Halliburton, the most famous travel and adventure writer of his time, met his untimely death while sailing a Chinese junk across the Pacific Ocean.
RICHARD HALLIBURTON -- THE MAN ON THE FLYING CARPET …
2021年6月18日 · Richard Halliburton lived the other American Dream — adventure. Disdainful of the settled life, the “even tenor,” Halliburton was at play in the world, the entire world. Between the world wars, Halliburton was always in the news, always on the run.
When Halliburton Trumped the Panama Canal - BOLD …
2017年1月12日 · Travel adventurer/author/amateur swimmer Richard Halliburton pulled off that feat in August, 1928, but further details of his singular accomplishment are usually missing.
Richard Halliburton - Openwaterpedia
Richard Halliburton (9 January 1900 – presumed dead after being lost at sea after 24 March 1939) was an American traveler, adventurer, author and open water swimmer. Halliburton was headline news for most of his brief career.
About - RICHARD HALLIBURTON
Richard Halliburton ran away from his hometown in Memphis at the age of nineteen to lead an extraordinary and dramatic life of adventure. Against the backdrop of the Golden Age, the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression, Halliburton’s exploits around the globe made him the most famous adventurer travel writer of his time.
What Would Halliburton Do? | Princeton Alumni Weekly
2019年3月8日 · Richard Halliburton 1921 called it Hangover House, a double entendre suggesting both its location high above the beach and the parties held there. A modernist masterpiece of concrete, steel, and glass, it was the inspiration for the …
Richard Halliburton biography – BOLD adventurer, globe trotter
IN THESE BOOKS: RICHARD HALLIBURTON at 23 was first to climb Fujiyama alone in the winter - First American to swim the Hellespont - Spent nights in jail with Devils Island prisoners recording their horror stories - Swam the Panama Canal with crocodiles and barracudas - In the early 1930s flew the nooks and crannies of the world in a two-winged, ...