Wheels Within Wheels: Autobiography

Wheels Within Wheels: Autobiography

Cover of John Murray first edition (1979)
Author	Dervla Murphy
Publisher	John Murray
Publication date	1979
Pages	236 (first edition)
ISBN	0719536499
Dewey Decimal	910/.92/4
Preceded by	A Place Apart
Followed by	Race to the Finish?

Wheels Within Wheels: Autobiography is Irish cyclist and travel writer Dervla Murphy's autobiographical book.^[1][2][3] It was first published in 1979 by John Murray,^[4] and reprinted by Eland Books in 2010 with the subtitle The Makings of a Traveller.^[5]

The book describes the first thirty years of Murphy's life, before the journey described in her first book, Full Tilt. Murphy writes:^[6]

I stood at the threshold of an independent life and I felt, that night, my parents’ blessing on it

References

1. Allen, Alexandra. "Wheels within Wheels: Autobiography Dervla Murphy". The Geographical Journal. 146 (2): 306–307. doi:10.2307/632900. JSTOR 632900.
2. Langan, Peter (4 July 1981). "Review". The Times. p. 7.
3. Donovan, Katie; Jeffares, Norman; Kennelly, Brendan, eds. (1994). Ireland's Women: Writings past and present.
4. A Wheels Within Wheels: Autobiography. John Murray. 1979. ISBN 0719536499. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
5. Murphy, Dervla (2010). Wheels Within Wheels. ISBN 9781906011406. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
6. Stewart, Bruce. "Dervla Murphy". Ricorso. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

External links

• Wheels Within Wheels: Autobiography on Open Library at the Internet Archive