CAPE COLD TO CAPE HOT Richard Pape

Richard Pape was born in Yorkshire in (1916-1995) worked as a journalist on the Yorkshire Post but on the outbreak of the second war he joined the Royal Air Force. Pape was captured by the Germans and became a prisioner of war. He escaped twice but both times he was recaptured. The second time he was tortured by the Gestapo. after the war Pape wrote several books. The age of 59 he made history by driving 175000 miles in an ordinary car from the North Cape in Norway to the Cape of South Africa. This is the story of that epic drive, the first ever made by man and car.

First edition, 1956.  Hardcover with dustcover. 256 pages.  Good condition, thightly bound and neat. Rust spots on page ends. The cover has edgewear. Under 1kg.