Traveler's Joy [Paperback]

Juliette De Bairacli Levy (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Keats Publishing (1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879836512
• ISBN-13: 978-0879836511
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #733,349 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Juliette was born on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1912 in Manchester, England. She was educated at Lowther College, one of the best girls schools in Britain, and went on to study veterinary medicine at the Universities of Manchester and Liverpool.

However, Juliette did not approve of the vivisection and animal experimentation that was going on in the universities, so she left university after two years and went to study with the Gypsies and peasants of the world.

In the late 1930's Juliette ran a distemper clinic in London where, at a time when many dogs were dying from this disease, she treated and cured hundreds of dogs with fasting, herbs and a natural diet.

When many Afghan hound puppies were dying of distemper, Juliette raised a litter of puppies on her natural rearing methods and these puppies won Best of Show at Crufts Dog Show.

In the 1930's Juliette developed a line of herbal supplements for animals known as Natural Rearing Products. For the next 50 years these were the only products of their kind on the market. Today these supplements are still distributed world wide.

During World War II, Juliette worked in the Women's Land Army gathering sphagnum moss which was used on soldiers' wounds. After the war she went to Yorkshire where she cured thousands of sheep who had been declared incurable by conventional vets.

In the 1940's, while travelling in America, Spain, France, North Africa and Turkey, Juliette gathered herbal remedies from the nomadic and peasant peoples of these lands. When her Complete Herbal Handbook for Farm and Stable was published in 1951, it was the first veterinary herbal ever to be published as before this time, the art of farriers, gypsies and peasants had been passed on only by the spoken word.

Thus Juliette became THE pioneer of what is known today as holistic animal care. She went on to write The Complete Herbal Book for the Dog. Both these books together with Juliette's Illustrated Herbal Handbook for Everyone and Natural Rearing of Children have become classics and many generations of humans & animals have been raised & healed on these books.

Juliette became famous for saving her hives of bees from shell attack during the six day war. In Israel and later when she moved to Greece, Juliette continued to write, to raise Afghan hounds, to garden and to gather herbal remedies. As well as her herbal books, she has written several travel books, two novels and three books of poems.

Juliette de Bairacli Levy is a world renowned herbalist, author, breeder of Afghan hounds, friend of the Gypsies, traveller in search of herbal wisdom, and the pioneer of holistic veterinary medicine. Juliette has a long record of spectacular cures to her credit and the books she has written have been a vital inspiration for the present day herbal renaissance, (born 11.11.1912 deceased 5.28.2009). Juliette is the author of many books including Traveler's Joy, Common Herbs for Natural Health, Natures Children, Spanish Mountain Life, Summer in Galelie, A Gypsy In New York, all in print by Ash Tree Publishing, and more titles now out of print.

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book for adventurers!, December 22, 2005

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Lia de Ruiter "Lia" (Scheveningen Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Traveler's Joy (Paperback)

I recently received this book (in the Dutch translation) from a dear friend. Although I don't have much time to read, every split second I do have available, is spent reading this book. It gives very useful tips for any traveller and also for possible hard times ahead (which I hope will never come)... It is a book for survivors, well written with many anecdotes and lovely illustrations. Although not everything she recommends is feasible when one is travelling, many tips are very useful. I simply love this book and can recommend it to anybody, even to people who never travel.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Book I Come Back to Every Spring, April 12, 2009

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Bethanne Elion "Bethanne Elion" (Vermont, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Traveler's Joy (Paperback)

At least once year i pull out my Juliette Levy books and read through favorite parts or chapters forgotten from my whole collection. Some are still available in paperback - others are coveted collector's items found on rare book sites or old book shops visited in my own travels. One of my favorites that is still available is Traveler's Joy.

The book is divided into seven chapters - About Travel, About Water, About Fire and Weather, About Dwellings, About Medicine, About Food, About Travelers. The two chapters that stand out and are put to use in my home are the ones regarding food and medicine.

The medicine chapter covers the how to's of healing headaches,toothaches, eye injuries or ear aches, fever, backaches or jellyfish stings. I use the recipe for insect repellent which includes wormwood, rue and rosemary. Her method of removing ticks is to throw some powdered ginger on them and they back out immediately. Some people feel that this would make them regurgetate their toxic saliva into the wound possibly causing tick born diseases. My own experience with using this method is that they move so quickly with the use of ginger or cayenne that I just do not worry about it. I would rather the whole tick out than the head left behind. I know many people who are so nervous about removing ticks that this method has helped them in dealing with their removal since it is so simple. The flea section is enjoyable to read.

About Foods will make you want to go to your kitchen and toss anything refined or packaged and become a gatherer of fresh ingredients. Since pulling this book back off the shelf a week ago I have had daily cravings for freshly baked breads and raw milk cheeses.

I find this book no less than completely enchanting. In a time when many are learning to scale back and make the most of what they do have, this book would be an appropriate addition to one's library with methods of healing out of the kitchen cupboard and simple means of making nutritious meals.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Old world wisdom, April 25, 2010

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L.A. in CA - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Traveler's Joy (Paperback)

Juliette de Bairacli Levy has written an amazing book here! A traveler, a friend of the nomads and the gypsies, and an herbalist, she shares with us many of the things she has learned over a lifetime of travel and study. Each subject that she addresses (travel, water, fire, weather, dwellings, medicine and food) takes you into the world of the gypsy. A vegetarian (because of her love for animals), she personally prefered to live on raw food, herbs, wild plants, fruits and nuts, raw milk, and bread. She includes some recipes. Of course, not everyone can eat dairy or wheat these days. And raw milk is hard to come by. So, some things may have to be adapted. But this is how she lived. She believed in simplicity, respecting animals, being good caretakers of the earth and water, and helping one another. Sprinkled amongst such information as how to build the best fires, how to stop dysentery (this surprised me), and how to eliminate pests, there are poems and words of wisdom from various sources. I am a huge fan of this woman. I will never part with this book. There is so much useful advice here. This should be on the bookshelf of every herbalist and every parent. Even hard-core survivalists might find they can learn a thing or two from this humble woman.