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Sto caricando le informazioni... New Worlds to Conquer (1929)di Richard Halliburton
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Reportáž z cestování různými částmi Latinské Ameriky. I v tomto poutavém a svěžím cestopise Richard Halliburton věnuje velkou pozornost historii, kterou spojuje a konfrontuje se současností. Než skočí do víc než dvacet metrů hluboké Studně smrti na Yucatánu, dává se unést sny o lidských obětech, které kdysi pohlcovala; interview s peruánským presidentem prolíná vyprávění o presidentových inckých i španělských předcích; do Cuidad de México, někdejšího Tenochtitlánu, putuje ve stopách Cortésových a přes Panamskou šíji Balboových; žije jako Robinson Crusoe i jako skotský námořník Selkirk... (Založil/a: vladislaus) Nobody writes about travel like 1920's adventurer Richard Halliburton! "New Worlds to Conquer" is Halliburton's third book -- this time he heads for South America, following in the footsteps of conquerors like Cortez and Pizzaro. His adventures are always a little outlandish and amusing -- not only does Halliburton jump into the Well of the Dead (twice!) he also decides to swim the Panama Canal... braving alligators, sunburn and barracudas while paying to go through the locks by his tonnage -- a total of 36 cents! Halliburton always comes across as a swashbuckling and romantic hero who never takes himself too seriously. The book is just so much fun it's hard to put down. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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By the early 1930s America had one literary treasure that risked his life to please its readers. Richard Halliburton had already become a best-selling travel author and could have retired comfortably on the immense wealth gained from the sale of his first two books. Yet some men are born to dare, and Halliburton was one these. "New Worlds to Conquer" was Halliburton's third book and contains a knapsack full of that adventurer's gold - dreams brought to reality by the alchemy of his courage and daring. The book details how Halliburton set off for Latin America in search of adventure, and find it he did. He dived to the bottom of the Mayan Well of Death, from which hundreds of skeletons had been dredged, then swam fifty miles down the length of the Panama Canal. Not content, he climbed to the crest of Mexico's lofty Mount Popocatepetl, twice, and roamed over the infamous Devil's Island. Yet his most amazing adventure occurred when he had himself marooned on the same island which had once held Robinson Crusoe captive. "Somewhere a lizard stirred the leaves ... Furtively I looked about me, realizing that in the darkness the boa-constrictors would be abroad creeping forth from the ancient tombs and slinking down the leafy avenues," Halliburton wrote. This is Halliburton at is best - fatalistic about his own safety, poetic about his chances of survival, and determined to bring home a hair-raising tale of adventure from the Latin lands of legend. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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