Leila Hadley (1925–2009)

Author of Give Me the World (Adventura Books)

7 Works 153 Members 2 Reviews

About the Author

Travel writer Leila Hadley grew up in Greenvale, N.Y., graduated from St. Timothy's School in Stevenson, Maryland, and declined a scholarship to Radcliffe in order to get married. After divorcing her first husband, she found work in the public relations field first with the cartoonist Al Capp and show more then for The Howdy Doody Show. In 1951, she left on a two-year trip around the world aboard a schooner, which provided her with the material for her first book Give Me the World. She went on to write a series of guidebooks for travelers with children including How to Travel with Children in Europe (1963), Fielding's Guide to Traveling with Children in Europe (1972) and Traveling with Children in the U.S.A. (1976). She also wrote A Journey with Elsa Cloud, Tibet 20 Years after the Chinese Takeover, and A Garden by the Sea. She was an editor at Diplomat magazine and a cartoon editor at The Saturday Evening Post. She died on February 10, 2009 at the age of 83. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: Leila Eliot Burton Hadley Luce, Leila Eliott Burton Hadley Luce

Works by Leila Hadley

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Give Me the World (Adventura Books) (1999) 71 copies

A Journey with Elsa Cloud (1997) 63 copies

A garden by the sea : a practical guide and journal (2005) 9 copies

Fielding's guide to traveling with children in Europe (1974) 5 copies

The Burton family history : the roots and branches of Frank Vincent Burton son of Josiah Burton and Lucia Candee Clark… 3 copies

Usa Travel with Children (Americans-discover-America series) (1977) 1 copy

The Burton & Van Duzer Family History (2008) 1 copy

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Canonical name: Hadley, Leila
Legal name: Burton, Beatrice Leila Eliott
Luce, Leila Hadley
Hadley, Leila Eliott Burton
Other names: Luce, Leila Hadley
Birthdate: 1925-09-22
Date of death: 2009-02-10
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: New York, New York, USA
Occupations: publicist
editor
travel writer
Relationships: Salinger, J. D. (friend)
Organizations: The Saturday Evening Post

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Give Me the World by Leila Hadley

Autobiographical account of a Round The World trip in the 1950's by a woman and her small child - best for the chapters about passage on the Schooner California, crewed by four ex US Navy men.

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DramMan | 1 other review | May 11, 2020 |

Give Me the World (Adventura Books) by Leila Hadley

Newly divorced Audrey Hepburn lookalike Leila Hadley packs up her 4-year-old son and extensive wardrobe for a journey around Southeast Asia. It's a daring choice for a woman in the 1950s, but Hadley views herself as a person doing what her heart wants, not a feminist crusader. It's not long before she's talked her way onto a small boat crewed by Navy veterans on a round-the-world voyage. Hadley is a vivid, perceptive and adventurous writer and this is one of my all-time favorite travel books.

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cestovatela | 1 other review | Apr 9, 2007 |

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