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8 Men and a Duck: An Improbable Voyage by Reed Boat to Easter Island

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Seller Notes: “First edition. Remainder mark, a few smudges. 2002 Hard Cover. 256 pp. On a fateful South American ... “First edition. Remainder mark, a few smudges. 2002 Hard Cover. 256 pp. On a fateful South American bus trip, journalist Nick Thorpe overheard some fellow passengers discussing an improbable plan to sail 2,500 miles from northern Chile to Easter Island on the Viracocha -- a boat made of reeds. The crew's aim in reviving this pre-Incan boat-building technology was twofold: to reopen the controversial migration theories of Thor Heyerdahl, who sailed his boat the Kon-Tiki from Peru to Polynesia in 1947, and to have one heck of an adventure in the process. Thorpe talked his way on board Captain Phil Buck's Viracocha only to find himself plagued by uncertainty. Why did the crew include a tree surgeon, a jewelry salesman, and two ducks? What happened to the navigator? Did anybody actually know how to sail? And, most important, where was the life raft?”

ISBN: 9780743219280

Book Title: 8 Men and a Duck : an Improbable Voyage by Reed Boat to Easter Island

Item Length: 9.5in

Publisher: Free Press

Publication Year: 2002

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Item Height: 0.9in

Author: Nick Thorpe

Genre: Travel, Fiction

Topic: South America / General, Special Interest / Adventure, General

Item Width: 6.3in

Item Weight: 16.7 Oz

Number of Pages: 256 Pages

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Free Press

ISBN-10

0743219287

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9780743219280

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Book Title

8 Men and a Duck : an Improbable Voyage by Reed Boat to Easter Island

Author

Nick Thorpe

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Hardcover

Language

English

Topic

South America / General, Special Interest / Adventure, General

Publication Year

2002

Genre

Travel, Fiction

Number of Pages

256 Pages

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Item Length

9.5in

Item Height

0.9in

Item Width

6.3in

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16.7 Oz

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G530.T48a3 2002

Table of Content

Contents Prologue: Can I Borrow Your Safety Harness? Chapter One The Bus of Destiny Chapter Two The Missing Voyage Chapter Three A Bag of Flies Chapter Four The Longest Launch Chapter Five Green Luminous Froth Chapter Six In Deep Water Chapter Seven The Trouble with Fish Chapter Eight Webbed Feet and Shark Fins Chapter Nine The Perils of Steel and Dreams Chapter Ten A Proper Storm Chapter Eleven Still Ocean Chapter Twelve Last Tango Before Landfall Chapter Thirteen Things to Do with a Used Reed Boat Epilogue: Thor Revisited Appendix A: The Easter Island Enigma Appendix B: How to Build a Reed Boat, by Phil Buck Appendix C: Diagrams of the Viracocha Acknowledgments

2002

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2002-019715

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910/.9164

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We bought the book because we took a trip to Bolivia and Lake Titicaca in 2006. We were fortunate to meet the Limachi brothers, who built the RA II and Tigris for the Thor Heyerdahl expeditions. At the time of our visit the Limachi brothers were building two more reed boats for a BBC documentary. It was fascinating to see how the reeds are harvested, dried, and then crafted into boats. We also visited the floating islands which are made from the same reeds. Because of this experience we just had to buy the book to read about the 8 men and the duck. It was quite interesting and we were happy to learn that their trip had a good outcome. I wonder what ever happened to the second duck - poor little guy.We bought the book because we took a trip to Bolivia and Lake Titicaca in 2006. We were fortunate to meet the Limachi brothers, who built the RA II and Tigris for the Thor Heyerdahl expeditions. At the time of our visit the Limachi brothers were building two more reed boats for a BBC documentary. It was fascinating to see how the reeds are harvested, dried, and then crafted into boats. We also visited the floating islands which are made from the same reeds. Because of this experience we just had to buy the book to read about the 8 men and the duck. It was quite interesting and we were happy to learn that their trip had a good outcome. I wonder what ever happened to the second duck - poor little guy.

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