Saddled with Darwin

A Journey Through South America on Horseback

Toby Green (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

388 Seiten

2009 | Main
Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-24828-5 (ISBN)

Infos

165 years after Charles Darwin embarked on the journey which produced the most radical theory of modern times, Toby Green set out to retrace his footsteps on horseback.

Green's epic journey involved close encounters with landslides, sinking mud, and pit vipers. Saddled with Darwin is a vivid account of the evolutionary changes which have convulsed South America since Darwin's time and an incisive portrait of change across a continent.

'A very good read indeed. His epic journey takes him through wild and wonderful scenery, his style is clear and unaffected, he brings to life the people he meets and he treats the whole gruelling adventure with unquenchable enthusiasm. A pleasure.' Michael Palin

'Funny, reudite, courageous and highly eccentric.' Eric Newby

Autor

Toby Green was born in 1974. After studying Philosophy at Cambridge University, he won a scholarship to retrace Charles Darwin's route in South America on horseback, and has since worked as a teacher, journalist, literary agent and academic. He is the author of a diverse body of work, including biography, criticism, history and travel literature. In 2007 he began a fellowship from the British Academy at Birmingham University, specializing in African history in the era of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.1.2009
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 135 x 216 mm
• Gewicht: 476 g
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Südamerika
• ISBN-10: 0-571-24828-4 / 0571248284
• ISBN-13: 978-0-571-24828-5 / 9780571248285
• Zustand: Neuware