Publication

2010 - Peter Lang, Oxford, UK

Language

English

Word Count

68,000 words, Guess

Page Count

272 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9781906165314
  • Open LibraryOL24371301M

Classifications

  • LCCG306.H47 A53 2010
  • LCCG530

Description

The story of how Heyerdahl managed to construct a raft that he sailed from Callao in Peru to the Tuamotu Islands in French Polynesia, and explains how he turned this physical crossing into an epic story that became imbued with a universal appeal.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • A Hero for the Atomic Age: Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki ExpeditionHardcoverPeter Lang2010-01-01

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