Remote Journeys Oddly Rendered Tapa blanda - 1997

Paperback. Very Good.

London England: Fourth Estate, 1997. Paperback. The author doesn't travel like other people, which is how he finds himself on the back of an unshod pony running at a stamping gallop through Mongolia, kayaking in Alaska in the face of a calving glacier, swimming (briefly, oh so briefly) in the waters below the ice at the North Pole and debating with a Dani tribesman in New Guinea the most fashionable style of penis sheath and how to grow one. Great travel writing is found in the mix of place and people and Cahill is at his exuberan best when extraordinary places are filled with extraordinary folk: the Pacific rangers who paddle bullet-proof canoes for camoflage because they don't want to be rescued by the coastguard; the competitive spear fisherman of Southern peru; the waring Indians of the upper Amazon; the pilots who pretend to have heart attacks mid-flight so that their passengers can learn how to cope in an emergency. This is real trave;: vigorous, risky, sensitive, observant and full of… Leer más

Fourth Estate, Great Britain, 1997. Softcover. Good Condition. These accounts of unusual travels encompass a ride on an unshod pony galloping through Mongolia, swimming (briefly) below the ice at the North Pole, and debating with a Dani herdsman in New Guinea the most fashionable style of penis sheath and how to grow one. Mark to outer page edges. Stain mark to top corner of front endpaper. 294 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Travel; Travel & Places; ISBN: 185702642X. ISBN/EAN: 9781857026429. Inventory No: 231018. . 9781857026429

London: Fourth Estate Ltd., 1997. 292pp. Minor edge wear to covers, thumb soiling to bottom page corners. Paperback original. Tim Cahill doesn't travel like other people, which is how he finds himself on the back of an unshod pony at a gallop through Mongolia, kayaking in Alaska in the face of a calving glacier, swimming in the waters below the ice at the North Pole and debating with a Dani tribesamn in New Guinea the most fashionable style of penis sheath and how to grow one. . First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

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