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Gavin Young


Born
in The United Kingdom
April 24, 1928

Died
January 18, 2001

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Gavin David Young (24 April 1928 – 18 January 2001) was a journalist and travel writer.

He was born in Bude, Cornwall, England. His father, Gavin Young, was a lieutenant colonel in the Welsh Guards. Daphne, his mother, was the daughter of Sir Charles Leolin Forestier-Walker, Bt, of Monmouthshire. Young spent most of his youth in Cornwall and South Wales. He graduated from Oxford University, where he studied modern history.

Young spent two years with the Ralli Brothers shipping company in Basra in Iraq before living with the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. He fashioned his experiences into a book, Return to the Marshes (1977). In 1960, from Tunis, he joined The Observer of London as a foreign correspondent
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Slow Boats Home

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Return to the Marshes: Life...

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In Search of Conrad

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Beyond Lion Rock: The Story...

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From Sea to Shining Sea

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Worlds Apart: Travels in Wa...

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A Wavering Grace : A Vietna...

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Something of Samoa

3.30 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1996
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3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1983 — 5 editions
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