[PDF.02om] 8 Men and a Duck: An Improbable Voyage by Reed Boat to Easter Island

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

[PDF.az81] 8 Men and a Duck: An Improbable Voyage by Reed Boat to Easter Island

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 | #3581876 in Books |  Free Press |  2003-06-02 |  2003-06-02 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.44 x.70 x5.50l,.50 | File type: PDF | 256 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| A Great Adventure By Inexperienced Characters|By Scott Kurttila|While the start of the book is a dash slow being focused on the building of the actual craft and pulling a crew together, it soon picks up and races across the Pacific. The author has an incredible sense for wording which oft makes this non-fiction read like pure poetry. If only we all could be so eloquent, engli|From Publishers Weekly|When British travel writer and all-around thrill seeker Thorpe was traveling the wilds of Bolivia by bus, he passed the time by eavesdropping on a Frenchman talking to an Australian about a boat made of reeds. The conversation seemed more

Even with the wind on our side and all eight of us pulling, we had never yet managed to change the complex sails....Now we had to pull against the full force of the wind, in a storm, in the middle of the night....

So begins Nick Thorpe's unlikely journey to sail 2,500 miles from northern Chile to Easter Island on the Viracocha -- a boat made of reeds. Captain Phil Buck's desire to test the waters in this pre-Incan boat was twofold: to reopen the co...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.8 Men and a Duck: An Improbable Voyage by Reed Boat to Easter Island   |  Nick Thorpe.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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