The Greatest Adventurer From the Wilds of Africa to a Billion Dollar Travel Empire

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Title: The Greatest Adventurer From the Wilds of Africa to a Billion Dollar Travel Empire
Author: Geoffrey Kent
Category: Biography & Memoir, Business
Language: English | 304 Pages | ISBN: 9781637635094


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There are few people on Earth who have lived as close to the edge as Geoffrey Kent. Known for building the billion-dollar empire Abercrombie & Kent from a single Land Rover in the African bush, Kent is one part James Bond, two parts Indiana Jones-a man who pushed the boundaries of exploration on a personal quest to save the natural world through travel.
"Shoot with a camera, not with a gun."

Kent is an explorer in the classical mold. At sixteen, he became the first person to drive the length of Africa alone on a motorbike. He was one of the first to solo voyage the Amazon, and the first to bring luxury cruisers to the Nile. He introduced ice cream to Saudi Arabia-making millions-and his early encounters with the Northern Mountain Gorilla arguably saved the species from extinction.

But the most dangerous terrain Kent navigated wasn't the Sudanese wilderness or the halls of power; it was his own family. Amidst the adrenaline of...