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Tales from the torrid zone : travels in the deep tropics / Alexander Frater.

Frater, Alexander, 1937-2020 (Author).

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A travel writer chronicles his various journeys between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, offering a vivid portrait of the rich beauty, diversity, flora and fauna, and people who inhabit the tropical areas of the world.

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  • ISBN: 9780679408710
  • Physical Description: xi, 384 pages : maps ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st U.S. edition
  • Publisher: New York : Knopf, 2007.

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General Note:
"Originally published in Great Britain by Picador, ... London, in 2004"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-384).

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Frater, Alexander, 1937-2020 > Travel > Tropics.
Voyages and travels.
Tropics > Description and travel.

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