From London to New Delhi by Car in 1951

About the Book

Dean Warren recounts a trip with a girl and another guy through Europe, Yugoslavia, the Middle East, Iran, and Afghanistan in a Ford Anglia. Gorgeously illustrated from kodachromes taken at the time!

Meet communists revolting against Stalin. Camp in Kosovo three years after Tito outlawed the veil. Visit the Golden Horn from student hostels. Tour Jerusalem with anti-Semitic Semites. Water the car from the Euphrates. Risk stoning by Shiites in Eastern Iran. Be offered gold napoleons for the girl in Kabul. Transit the Khyber Pass.

Unpaved roads, car breakdowns, and political worries don’t stop the intrepid trio. Have fun, read his saga, and enjoy the pictures!

Midwest Book Review reports: FROM LONDON TO NEW DELHI BY CAR IN 1951 is a memoir and travelogue by Dean Warren which is beautifully illustrated throughout with numerous full-color photographs. Combined with an engaging text, these photos bring to life the yesteryear wonder and experience of traveling throughout Asian and African nations by automobile. Narrating what was demonstrably an exciting journey with matter-of-fact realism, FROM LONDON TO NEW DELHI BY CAR IN 1951 is a particularly enjoyable and memorable autobiographically oriented snapshot of lands fifty years since gone by. -January 2003 Compulsive Reader reports: Presented in style of a coffee table book, Dean Warren tells us with both full color pictures and a highly personal narrative of his journey in June of 1951 by car from London to New Delhi. Warren, a student of the London School of Ecfonomics and Harvard writes of his adventure in an easygoing style full of charming details of the various countries he motored through with fellow students.-February 2003

About the Author

Dean Warren spent his career in high technology and retired as Director of Strategic Planning for a major defense contractor. He lives in Florida with his wife and, occasionally, their children.