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The romantic — that was what I wanted. I hungered for the romance of the sea, and foreign ports, and foreign smiles. I wanted to follow the prow of a ship, any ship, and sail away, perhaps to China, perhaps to Spain, perhaps to the South Sea Isles, there to do nothing all day but lie on a surf-swept beach and fling monkeys at the coconuts.

Richard Halliburton

SOUTHERLY GALES RAIN SQUALLS LEE RAIL UNDER WATER WET BUNKS HARDTACK BULLY BEEF HAVING WONDERFUL TIME WISH YOU WERE HERE INSTEAD OF ME

Richard Halliburton

The Vagabond life is the logical life to lead if one seeks the intimate knowledge of the world we were seeking.

Richard Halliburton

Youth — nothing else worth having in the world... and I had youth, the transitory, the fugitive, now, completely and abundantly. Yet what was I going to do with it? Certainly not squander its gold on the commonplace quest for riches and respectability, and then secretly lament the price that had to be paid for these futile ideals. Let those who wish have their respectability — I wanted freedom, freedom to indulge in whatever caprice struck my fancy, freedom to search in the farthermost corners of the earth for the beautiful, the joyous and the romantic.

Richard Halliburton

Richard Halliburton

Richard Halliburton

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Born: January 9, 1900

Died: March 24, 1939 (aged 39)

Bio: Richard Halliburton was an American traveler, adventurer, and author. Best known today for having swum the length of the Panama Canal and paying the lowest toll in its history 36 cents Halliburton was headline news for most of his brief career.

Known for:

Complete book of marvels
The Royal Road to Romance (1925)
The Flying Carpet (1932)
Richard Halliburton's Book of marvels (1937)
New worlds to conquer (1929)

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