Origins of a Journey by Daniel Grogan

This book’s full title is Origins of a Journey: History’s Greatest Adventures Marked by Ambition, Necessity and Madness. This is great little book as it mentioned all sorts of travelers, ones you have heard of ones you have not. All the entries and quite short, so if you like to read more you can go the Works Cited section to see what more you can read on your adventurer. And, of course, there is a lot more information online. Below are some of the interesting people I met in this book.

I had never heard of Fanny Bullock Workman before and she sounded quite interesting. She has a Wikipedia page here. The entry is much longer than the entry in this book. An article in the Harvard Magazine is here. Googling her name brings up all sorts of entries for this remarkable woman.

Another interesting person was Bessie Coleman. She wanted to be an aviator despite both gender and racial discrimination at that time against about her being an aviator. She was lucky to get help but she was also a strong and determined women. Here is a biography of her. She is also has a Wikipedia page. Also, see a video on Bessie Coleman. She is another great role model.

Osa and Martin Johnson were adventurers and photographers. See their Wikipedia Page. There are photographs of their adventures online. After Martin’s death, Osa went on to be a famous photographer. There is an entry on her in Women Film Pioneers Project. Osa Johnson wrote a couple of books, including I Married Adventure with reviews on Good Reads. There is a 1929 film on them. There is also an old film on Osa Johnson.

One adventurer I had always been fascinated by is Herodotus. You cannot read history without coming across his name. He is also in Wikipedia. He is talked about in the Ancient History Encyclopedia. He is called the The Father of History. There is a cute video online. He wrote books and books were written about him.

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