THOMAS MARTIN SMITH - writer & photographer

 
IN THE LONG RUN - A Hopeful World Odyssey
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IN THE LONG RUN
A Hopeful World Odyssey

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Table of Contents
(Links to chapters and photo-illustrated chapter summaries.)

 

Part 1: TRIAL RUN

    Chapter 1:   Crossroads
    Chapter 2:  Of Home and the River
    Chapter 3:  Never Over the Falls
    Chapter 4:  The Golden Horseshoe
    Chapter 5:  Capital Wonders and Blunders
    Chapter 6:  The French Connection
    Chapter 7:  Eastern Passage

Part II: GREAT, GREAT, GREAT BRITAIN

    Chapter 8:   White Cliffs and Castles
    Chapter 9:   Hay Days on Tir Mawr
    Chapter 10:  Roots and Revolution
    Chapter 11:  South Stack, Snowdonia and Soggy Sheep
    Chapter 12:  Bagpipes and Loch Legends
    Chapter 13:  Of the BBC and the North Sea

Part III: SCANDINAVIAN SERENITY

    Chapter 14:  Norwegian Highs and Lows
    Chapter 15:  Fallout in Nostalgic Sweden
    Chapter 16:  Danish Delights

Part IV: ALONG EUROPEAN LINES

    Chapter 17:   Benelux and the German Factor
    Chapter 18:  Alpine Bliss
    Chapter 19:  Paris: Beauty and the Bombs
    Chapter 20:  Spanish Heroes
    Chapter 21:  Riding the Rivieras
    Chapter 22:  The Eternal City and the Holy Father
    Chapter 23:  Sojourn in Greece

Part V: SHADES OF AFRICA

    Chapter 24:  The Ups and Downs of Egypt
    Chapter 25:  Crossroads to Khartoum
    Chapter 26:  Of Man and Beast: A Story of Kenya
    Chapter 27:  Out of Africa – A Passage to India

Part VI: A PASSAGE THROUGH INDIA

    Chapter 28:  Bombay: Britannia, Bureaucracy and Beggars
    Chapter 29:  O. P. and the Taj Mahal
    Chapter 30:  Diplomacy in Delhi
    Chapter 31:  Holy Ghats of the Ganga Ma

Part VII: HIMALAYAN TIMES IN THE KINGDOM OF NEPAL

    Chapter 32:  The Emerald Waters of Pokhara
    Chapter 33:  What to do in Kathmandu

Part VIII: SURPRISING SINGAPORE

    Chapter 34:  The World of Charlie Tan
    Chapter 35:  Treasure in the South China Sea
    Chapter 36:  The Singapore Explorer

Part IX: THE TOKYO TIMES

    Chapter 37:  Trials and Treasures of Tokyo
    Chapter 38:  The Japanese Art of the Deal

Part X: HAWAII – THE V.I.P. (Vagabond in Paradise)

    Chapter 39:  The Happy Camper and the Brodie Bunch
    Chapter 40:  Assignment: Paradise
    Chapter 41:  The Weeping Skies of Hawaii

Part XI: AMERICA, AMERICA!

    Chapter 42: Hooray for Hollywood!
    Chapter 43: America the Beautiful
    Chapter 44: The Atlantic Rush
    Chapter 45: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and the UN
    Chapter 46: The Home Run

Part XII: YOU CAN’T GO HOME AGAIN

    Chapter 47: A Traveler’s Epilogue

 

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THE ROUTE

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