Call Number:

C0606

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.2 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); The Great Circle by Carlton Beals, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1940 (inclusive)

Creator:

Beals, Carlton, 1893-1979

Form:

Manuscripts -- 20th century.

Abstract:

Consists of the printer's copy of Carlton Beals' travel book The Great Circle (1940), containing descriptions of his travels in Tunisia, Russia, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Turkey, and Germany.

During a long career as a journalist, Carlton Beals visited forty-two countries and covered revolutions and guerilla uprisings in Mexico, Nicaragua, and Cuba, as well as Mussolini's rise to power in Italy. He held many teaching posts in the U.S. and Latin America, was the author of numerous books, and a member of various educational and archaeological expeditions throughout the world.

The collection consists of the printer&s copy of Beals's travel book The Great Circle (1940), containing descriptions of his travels in Tunisia, Russia, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Turkey, and Germany.