Richard Halliburton

Richard Halliburton (born Jan. 9, 1900, Brownsville, Tenn., U.S.—died March 23/24, 1939, at sea) was an American travel and adventure writer who spent most of his adult life exploring the world. After his sophomore year at Princeton University, Halliburton found his way to New Orleans, joined a crew on a freighter ship, and sailed across the Atlantic Ocean. After roaming about Europe for six months, he returned to the United States and finished school, graduating...