author
Thomas Stevens
1854–1935
Best known as the first person to circle the globe by bicycle, he turned hard travel into lively, readable adventure writing. His books mix firsthand reporting with the thrill of seeing a fast-changing world up close.
2 Audiobooks
Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume I From San Francisco to Teheran
by Thomas Stevens
Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama
by Thomas Stevens
About the author
Born in Berkhamsted, England, in 1854, Thomas Stevens later lived in the United States and became famous for an extraordinary journey on a high-wheel bicycle. He is widely remembered as the first person to travel around the world by bicycle, a feat that grew out of long-distance rides and newspaper reporting.
His best-known work is Around the World on a Bicycle, published in two volumes after his journey in the 1880s. The books follow his travels from the United States across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and beyond, combining adventure, observation, and the voice of a traveler writing from direct experience.
Stevens also wrote other travel pieces and worked as a journalist and adventurer after his bicycle tour. He died in London in 1935, but his writing still stands out for its energy, curiosity, and sense of motion.