Essays and Journalism Volume 5

<p>Naomi Mitchison travelled extensively outside Britain writing freely about her adventures and tribulations her disturbing experiences and those of others. </p><p>This volume includes autobiographical material and newspaper reporting as well as more detached observations written from 1929 through to the mid-1980s and covers every continent except South America. </p><p>Geographically the articles are divided into sections on Africa Asia Australia Europe The Mediterranean and Middle East and The United States. A broadly chronological arrangement is followed within each section. </p><p>Many pieces debate compare and contrast topics or circumstances and their location might be considered arbitrary.</p><p><br></p><p>Botwana (Bechunaland) occupied much of her attention for a time and her writing there is collected separately in a separate volume. </p><p><br></p>