Free Download Jill Hamilton, "Thomas Cook: The Holiday-Maker"
English | ISBN: 0750933259 | 2005 | 280 pages | EPUB | 575 KB
Thomas Cook (1808-92), the father of tourism, is a forgotten hero of his age. When he was born, neither of the words ‘tourism’ or ‘sightseeing’ had been invented. Driven by his Baptist faith and the promotion of Temperance, Cook founded the travel industry – now one of the world’s biggest sectors. One hundred and fifty years after his first overseas conducted tour, Jill Hamilton brings to life the complex man behind the famous name. There have been many accounts of the history of his firm, but this book is the first full-length biography of Cook himself.