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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, and was the ''Observer'' ==Selected works== *''Return to the Marshes: Life with the Marsh Arabs of Iraq'', 1977 - travels with the Marsh Arabs of Iraq (photographs by Nik Wheeler) *''Iraq: Land of Two Rivers'', 1980 - travels in Mesopotamia *''Slow Boats to China'', 1981 - travel round the world by water transport *''Halfway Around the World: An Improbable Journey'', 1983 *''Slow Boats Home'', 1985 - travel round the world by water transport *''Worlds Apart'', 1987 - a collection of journalistic articles *''Beyond Lion Rock'', 1987 - the story of Cathay Pacific Airways *"Introduction" to a new edition of ''Uttermost Part of the Earth'' by Lucas Bridges, 1987 *''In Search of Conrad'', 1991 (Thomas Cook Travel Book Award) *''From Sea to Shining Sea: Present-day Journey into America's Past'', 1996 *''A Wavering Grace: A Vietnamese Family in War and Peace'', 1997 – a Vietnamese family in war and peace *''Eye on the World'', 1999 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gavin Young」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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