Naïve & Abroad: Pakistan, Travel in a Land of Mullahs
by Marcus Henderson Wilder

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Description

This book is a travel journal.

This book is an adventure story.

This book is an exposé, an insight into the condition of women and children in Islam. This book looks deeply into Islamic thinking, thinking far different from ours.

The author journeyed to the untamed Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan to satisfy a lifelong ambition. In succeeding, he lived the greatest day a horseman could hope to live.

The author traveled without reservations or prior planning. He stumbled from one misadventure to another. From those misadventures came the book’s title, Naïve & Abroad.

The author gained insights into Islam carefully ignored in the West.

One blogger downloaded this book into his Palm Pilot so he could read it at stoplights. Another blogger blamed her sunburn on this book. Others read it through the night.

Many readers say the book is surprisingly funny.

You will be enchanted. You will be enthralled. You will be outraged. You will better understand Pakistan and other Islamic societies.

Reader comments about Marcus Wilder travel columns in the San Antonio EXPRESS-News.

“Marcus Wilder is a consummate traveler and a one of a kind yarn spinner.” Tracy Barnett, Travel Editor, San Antonio EXPRESS-News

“Mark is Mencken, Ann Coulter, & Chaucer rolled into one.” Joseph Columbus Smith, Journalist

“Love what you are doing with your stories of the Camino. I live the Camino every day in my own way.” Sue Kenney, Canadian Author, Lecturer, and Pilgrim

“I read your reports with pleasure. Met een vriendelijke groet.” Pieter, The Netherlands

“I have been reading with interest your story in the newspaper and sharing with my students. I teach Spanish … my students follow the Camino via the Internet.” Cesiah, International Languages Dept. Coordinator

“We are living it through Marcus Wilder’s eyes. Thank you for a lovely armchair travel adventure.” Elizabeth, San Antonio

“My mother forwarded one of your travel stories to me. I enjoyed it immensely. Your writing is refreshing because you notice the details that make places, people, and events come alive.” JoeLyn, Dallas

“I am fascinated by your stories.” Memo, Laredo

“I bookmarked your page. I was captured.” Waltrud, Chicago

“I love learning about other cultures and have really reveled in the sense of interacting with the people in your narrative.” J.J., San Antonio