Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's rather hilarious to read how our favorite rough and tumble, smoking, gambling, jump out of a plane to get the shot photographer, likes hours long morning baths and will steal your paperbacks if you're not looking! A fun book to read. Sincerly, Andrew Amundsen - ---------- >From: Ernest Nitka <enitka@twcny.rr.com> > Just wanted to put in a plug for a little book called ' A Russian > Journal' written by John Steinbeck with a smattering of photos by Capa. > It's about their 1948 trip to Russia for a month. It's more akin to > 'lonely planet' but was fun to read. It was at a time when when our > goverments didn't trust each other but the peoples of russia treated > Steinbeck and Capa very nicely and were interested in closer bond > between the two peoples. > > it's Penguin Paperback and the right size for reading on a > trans-american or atlantic flight. > > ernie - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html