Edition |
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition |
Phys Descr |
xx, 427 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), photographs, portraits ; 24 cm |
Note |
Text in English |
Summary |
"Kim MacQuarrie tells great stories of South America's history, from Butch Cassidy to Che Guevara to cocaine king Pablo Escobar to the last survivor of an Indian tribe, all of these stories set in the Andes Mountains"-- Provided by publisher |
Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [387]-398) and index |
Contents |
Chapters & Countries Where Stories Take Place -- 1. The Hunt for Pablo Escobar and the Search For El Dorado (Colombia) -- 2. Evolution & Denial in the Galapagos (Ecuador) -- 3. Death in the Andes : The Capture of Peru's Shining Path Leader, Abimael Guzman (Peru) -- 4. The Rise & Fall of Hiram Bingham, Controversial Discoverer of Machu Picchu (Peru) -- 5. Ice Maidens, Volcanoes & Incas (Peru) -- 6. The Kon Tiki Voyage, White Gods, and the Floating Islands of Titicaca Lake (Peru & Bolivia) -- 7. The End of Che Guevara (Bolivia) -- 8. The Final Days of Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid (Bolivia) -- 9. Darwin, the Last Yámana, and the Uttermost Part of the Earth (Chile & Argentina) |
Subject |
Andes Region -- History
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Andes Region -- Biography
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Andes Region -- Description and travel
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Andes Region -- Social conditions
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Outlaws -- Andes Region -- Biography
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Heroes -- Andes Region -- Biography
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Revolutionaries -- Andes Region -- Biography
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Death -- Andes Region -- History
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OCLC # |
919451696 |
ISBN # |
9781439168899 |
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143916889X |
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