Wheels Within Wheels: Autobiography

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Wheels Within Wheels: Autobiography
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Cover of John Murray first edition (1979)
Author Dervla Murphy
Publisher John Murray
Publication date
1979
Pages236 (first edition)
ISBN 0719536499
910/.92/4
Preceded by A Place Apart  
Followed by Race to the Finish?  

Wheels Within Wheels: Autobiography is Irish cyclist and travel writer Dervla Murphy's autobiographical book. [1] [2] [3] It was first published in 1979 by John Murray, [4] and reprinted by Eland Books in 2010 with the subtitle The Makings of a Traveller. [5]

The book describes the first thirty years of Murphy's life, before the journey described in her first book, Full Tilt . Murphy writes: [6]

I stood at the threshold of an independent life and I felt, that night, my parents’ blessing on it

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References

  1. ↑ Allen, Alexandra. "Wheels within Wheels: Autobiography Dervla Murphy". The Geographical Journal . 146 (2): 306–307. doi:10.2307/632900. JSTOR   632900.
  2. ↑ Langan, Peter (4 July 1981). "Review". The Times . p. 7.
  3. ↑ Donovan, Katie; Jeffares, Norman; Kennelly, Brendan, eds. (1994). Ireland's Women: Writings past and present.
  4. ↑ A Wheels Within Wheels: Autobiography. John Murray. 1979. ISBN   0719536499 . Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  5. ↑ Murphy, Dervla (2010). Wheels Within Wheels. ISBN   9781906011406 . Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  6. ↑ Stewart, Bruce. "Dervla Murphy". Ricorso. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
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