Am I allowed to recommend my own book, Iranian Rappers and Persian Porn?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Iranian-Rap...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260093230&sr=8-1
It's an adventure travel book about my recent hitchhiking from Essex to and then around the Islamic Republic of Iran, and although not a bushcraft book per se, it does contain some interesting bushcraft info. If you're in North America you can get it in all good book stores or if elsewhere then on Amazon. Here's the publisher's blurb and a couple of reviews:
A backpackers charming, hilarious account of the secret world of counterculture Iran. Iran looms large in the psyche of modern America. For decades, it has been the enemy, its government taunting us and attacking our Western, secular lifestyle. That is largely the Iranian government, however, not the Iranian people. Heres the proof.
When Jamie Maslin decides to backpack the entire length of the Silk Road, he decides to travel first and plan later. Then, unexpectedly stranded in a country hes only read about in newspapers, he decides to make the best of itbut wonders whether hell make it out alive. Maslin finds himself suddenly plunged into a subversive, contradictory world of Iranian subculture, where he is embraced by locals who are more than happy to show him the true Iran as they see itthe one where unmarried men and women mingle in Western clothes at secret parties, where alcohol (the possession of which is punishable by lashings) is readily available on the black market, where Christian churches are national heritage sites, and where he discovers the real meaning of friendship, nationality, and hospitality.
This is a hilarious, charming, and astonishing account of one Westerners life-altering rambles across Iran that will leave you wondering what else you dont know about Iran and its people. 24 color illustrations.
"A timely and valuable book by a young Westerner who decides to see Iran for himself. Maslin is naive upon his arrival--having no idea what to expect--but keeps an open mind and invites the reader along on his fascinating and colorful adventures. His experiences reveal the lies that mainstream media are telling us about the country. Having read this book, I may visit Iran in the near future." ----Richard Kendrick, author of Déjà Vu
"Bill Bryson meets Jack Kerouac." --Simon Van Booy, author of The Secret Lives of People in Love and Love Begins in Winter
"Jamie Maslin follows a long line of intrepid young Britons, from Laurie Lee to Paddy Leigh Fermor and, most recently, Rory Stewart, who set off on a journey to distant parts with little money but lots of curiosity; and return to tell their tale. Maslin has a good ear for dialogue and a keen eye. The result is a hitchhiking odyssey across Iran that provides a fascinating, and timely, behind-the-scenes glimpse of a country the news anchors never reach." --Simon Worrall, author of The Poet and the Murderer
"Jamie Maslin's book is Iran from the ground up, and a total surprise to those who only know the media version of that country. A fascinating likeness of a complicated people." ----Anthony Brandt, editor of the Journals of Lewis and Clark and The National Geographic Adventure Classics series
