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020 a| 9780500251867 (hbk);

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100 1 a| Ondaatje, Christopher.=| ^A17501;

245 14 a| The last colonial :b| curious adventures and stories from a vanishing world /c| Christopher Ondaatje ; images by Ana Maria Pacheco ; [introduction by Michael Holroyd].;

260 a| London ;a| New York :b| Thames & Hudson,c| 2011.;

300 a| 256 pages :b| color illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

520 a| Christopher Ondaatje is a true child of the British Empire. Born in Ceylon in 1933 and brought up on a tea plantation, he was sent as a teenager to boarding school in England. But soon after Ceylon was granted its independence in 1948, his family found themselves destitute, and the young Ondaatje left school and got a job. In 1956 he made his way to Canada with just thirteen dollars in his pocket. From this improbable beginning there followed a series of commercial triumphs until 1988 when he abruptly abandoned high finance at the peak of his career and reinvented himself as an explorer and author, focusing mainly on the colonial period.It is the curious encounters behind these often precarious adventures that make up The Last Colonial.;

651 0 a| Great Britainx| Coloniesx| History.=| ^A27597;

650 0 a| Adventure and adventurers.=| ^A36399;

700 1 a| Pacheco, Ana Maria,d| 1943-=| ^A1112409;

700 1 a| Holroyd, Michael,d| active 1979-=| ^A1099505;

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The last colonial : curious adventures and stories from a vanishing world / Christopher Ondaatje ; images by Ana Maria Pacheco ; [introduction by Michael Holroyd].

Author/creator	Ondaatje, Christopher
Other author	Pacheco, Ana Maria, 1943-
Other author	Holroyd, Michael, active 1979-
Format	Book
Publication Info	London ; New York : Thames & Hudson, 2011.
Description	256 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Ondaatje, Christopher--Travel. --Colonies. --Great Britain. Adventure and adventurers. Great Britain--Colonies. --History.

Abstract	Christopher Ondaatje is a true child of the British Empire. Born in Ceylon in 1933 and brought up on a tea plantation, he was sent as a teenager to boarding school in England. But soon after Ceylon was granted its independence in 1948, his family found themselves destitute, and the young Ondaatje left school and got a job. In 1956 he made his way to Canada with just thirteen dollars in his pocket. From this improbable beginning there followed a series of commercial triumphs until 1988 when he abruptly abandoned high finance at the peak of his career and reinvented himself as an explorer and author, focusing mainly on the colonial period.It is the curious encounters behind these often precarious adventures that make up The Last Colonial.
ISBN	9780500251867 (hbk)
ISBN	050025186X (hbk)

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