Life and death in the Andes : on the trail of bandits, heroes, and revolutionaries / Kim MacQuarrie.
"Kim MacQuarrie tells great stories of South America's history, from Butch Cassidy to Che Guevara to cocaine king Pablo Escobar to the last survivor of an Indian tribe, all of these stories set in the Andes Mountains"--Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 143916889X
- ISBN: 9781439168899
- Physical Description: xx, 427 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), photographs, portraits ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster edition
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-398) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Chapters & Countries Where Stories Take Place -- 1. The Hunt for Pablo Escobar and the Search For El Dorado (Colombia) -- 2. Evolution & Denial in the Galapagos (Ecuador) -- 3. Death in the Andes : The Capture of Peru's Shining Path Leader, Abimael Guzman (Peru) -- 4. The Rise & Fall of Hiram Bingham, Controversial Discoverer of Machu Picchu (Peru) -- 5. Ice Maidens, Volcanoes & Incas (Peru) -- 6. The Kon Tiki Voyage, White Gods, and the Floating Islands of Titicaca Lake (Peru & Bolivia) -- 7. The End of Che Guevara (Bolivia) -- 8. The Final Days of Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid (Bolivia) -- 9. Darwin, the Last Yámana, and the Uttermost Part of the Earth (Chile & Argentina).
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- Subject:
- Death > Andes Region > History.
Heroes > Andes Region > Biography.
Outlaws > Andes Region > Biography.
Revolutionaries > Andes Region > Biography.
Andes Region > Biography.
Andes Region > Description and travel.
Andes Region > History.
Andes Region > Social conditions. - Genre:
- Biographies.
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- 9 of 9 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)
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| Marion Library | 980 MAC (Text) | 37810435473169 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | 980 Mac (Text) | 31010000534315 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Clemmons Branch | 980 M (Text) | 0112520748492 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Cumberland Headquarters | 980 M (Text) | 31781061757223 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| High Point Library | 980 Macquarr (Text) | 30519009821854 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Paddison Memorial Branch | 980 M (Text) | 0112520748508 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Southside Branch | 980 M (Text) | 0112520748517 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Spruce Pine Public Library | NFIC 980 MAC (Text) | 34444002890713 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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