Dr. Walter K. Asbeck decided to take an ambitious trip in his youth. He traveled around the globe on a shoestring and immersed himself in different cultures and customs. Now, after celebrating his 102nd birthday, Asbeck looks back on his many youthful adventures and details his remarkable experiences.
Asbeck and his friend Hans decided to sail around the world before attending school at universities in Berlin and Vienna. In the late 1930s, the world was dynamic and exciting. No one knew the destruction that lay ahead. Join Asbeck as he drives across the American West; visits the sights, shrines, and shops of Tokyo; sees Hong Kong's harbor from Victoria Peak; visits the Temple of the Tooth in the holy Buddhist city of Kandy; and has many other adventures across four continents.
Asbeck details the wonders of the world but also notes the changing views and shifting allegiances of society in 1939. As Asbeck chronicled in his first memoir, Escape from Berlin, he would soon become trapped in Nazi Germany as war ravaged the world. His insight into the years before the war and into the many cultures he experienced are invaluable to any lover of history, travel, and adventure.
About the Author: Dr. Walter K. Asbeck was born in Hagen, Germany, before immigrating with his parents to the United States at the age of eight. After growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, he studied chemical engineering at Case Western Reserve University and accepted a full-time scholarship to the Technical University in Berlin to earn his doctorate.
He spent a year traveling the world with a friend before arriving in Berlin in 1939, where he lived as a student at the onset of World War II.
Since returning to the United States, Dr. Asbeck has published groundbreaking research regarding latex paints, working with the Sherwin-Williams Company and the Union Carbide Corporation. He also invented the Amphibious Travel Craft, a luxury recreational vehicle that can be driven like a motor home and can also navigate like a cabin cruiser down lakes and rivers.
Dr. Asbeck, who recently celebrated his 102nd birthday, lives in Cleveland, Ohio, with his daughter and her family.
