Eight Men And A Duck
an improbable voyage by reed boat to easter island
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
11 June 2003
Summary
Nick Thorpe was innocently travelling around South America with his wife, Ali, when he came across an American adventurer planning to sail from Chile to Easter Island on a Bolivian boat made of reeds. Inspired by the great Thor Heyerdahl, Phil Buck had recruited seven men to join him on this experiment to discover whether it might have been possible that Polynesia was first settled from South America rather than Asia. But when one of them dropped out a place in the crew became available for N…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349114545 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349114544 |
| Author: | Nick Thorpe |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 11 June 2003 |
| Weight: | 230g |
| Dimensions: | 201mm x 126mm x 22mm |
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Critics Review
Thorpe’s imagery is exquisite (and) the account of Viracocha’s voyage is so funny… If you enjoy chuckling during your armchair travels, my advice is: Rush and Reed
- Thorpe’s imagery is exquisite (and) the account of Viracocha’s voyage is so funny. If you enjoy chuckling during your armchair travels, my advice is: Rush and Reed’ - Tim Severin ** ‘Thorpe is an accomplished storyteller. He chronicles the voyage of the Viracocha with an easy, unforced humour. Thoroughly entertaining’ - Daily Telegraph
About The Author
Nick Thorpe
Nick Thorpe, an experienced British journalist based in Edinburgh, spent 14 months in 1999⁄2000 travelling through South America He writes for a variety of national newspapers and is a contributor to the BBC World Service ‘Outlook’ programme. This is his first book.
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