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Paradise found, nature’s beauty, love’s adventure, and a planet’s plea.

Green Was The Earth On The Seventh Day

Memories and Journey of a Lifetime

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    20 May 1998

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Summary

In the late 1930s, Thor Heyerdahl left his home in Norway and set off with his new wife for paradise. Fulfilling a long-held ambition to return to nature, the couple sought, and to a degree found, a natural and unspoiled world on the remote island of Fatu-Hiva in the South Pacific.

Based on his original journals, Heyerdahl’s documentary account charts how the dreams of a lifetime were transformed into a magical year of hope, excitement and unexpected danger. A timeless story of love a…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349109879
ISBN-10:0349109877
Author:Thor Heyerdahl
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Abacus
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:20 May 1998
Weight:235g
Dimensions:196mm x 129mm x 23mm
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Critics Review

This marvellous book is a plea not for a return to the ways of primitive Man but for man now to preserve the environment

A message which is all the more powerful for its simplicity - The TIMES

His book is very valuable, as both a cautionary tale and one of the most lucid accounts we have of the practical consequences of desert-island idealism - PUNCH

Lovingly written… Heyerdahl’s unquenchable sense of wonder gives this book a rare charm - Mail on Sunday - Brian Masters

This marvellous book is a plea not for a return to the ways of primitive Man but for man now to preserve the environment - Libby Purves - The Times

Sincere and unaffected… he has some perceptive points to make about man’s abusive relationship with his environment - Literary Review

About The Author

Thor Heyerdahl

Thor Heyerdahl was educated as a biologist, he subsequently turned to anthropology. A prodigious explorer, he gained world fame in 1947 when he sailed a balsa wood raft from Peru to Polynesia. He was President Gorbachev’s personal adviser on environmental issues.

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