Summary
An exhilarating story of adventure, survival and extreme horticulture.
The Darien Gap is a place of legend. The only break in the Pan-American highway, which runs from Alaska to the tip of South America, it is an almost impregnable strip of swamp, jungle and cloud forest between the vast landmasses of North and South America. Stories of abduction and murder there are rife and in recent years more people have successfully climbed Everest or trekked to the South Pole than have crossed t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552165716 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0552165719 |
| Author: | Tom Hart Dyke, Paul Winder |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Corgi Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2011 |
| Weight: | 278g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 23mm |
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‘Funny, engrossing and moving… Throughout the dark days, the luminous personalities of Hart Dyke and Winder shine through’
‘Funny, engrossing and moving… Throughout the dark days, the luminous personalities of Hart Dyke and Winder shine through’ * Guardian *
‘Part adventure story, part travel memoir, part personal revelation, The Cloud Garden is one of the most exciting and interesting books I have read for years’ * Sunday Telegraph *
‘Truly captivating’ * The Scotsman *
‘A terrifying but hilarious story of true British grit and eccentricity…An emotional rollercoaster of fear and farce’ * Daily Mail *
‘An amazing story, well-told, thrilling and moving…kidnapped by terrorists, held hostage at gunpoint, in fear of being beheaded…A mixture of hell and farce’ * The Times *
About The Author
Tom Hart Dyke
Tom Hart Dyke is a botanist whose wild enthusiasm for plants in a Channel 4 To the Ends of the Earth documentary led Kathryn Flett of the Observer to describe him as ‘the new David Bellamy’.
Paul Winder is an inveterate traveller and explorer. When he isn’t hacking his way through the jungle or climbing a mountain he works in the City of London.
Tom lives in Kent and Paul lives in London.
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