Richard Halliburton ran away from his hometown in Memphis at the age of nineteen to lead an extraordinary and dramatic Life of adventure.
from climbing Mount Olympus in Greece to swimming the Panama Canal and literally flying all the way to Timbuktu, Halliburton experienced and.
Against the backdrop of the Golden Age, the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression, Halliburton\'s exploits around the globe made him an internationally known celebrity and the most famous travel writer of his time.
Richard Halliburton ran away from his hometown in Memphis at the age of nineteen to lead an extraordinary and dramatic Life of adventure