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Life and death in the Andes, on the trail of bandits, heroes, and revolutionaries, by Kim MacQuarrie

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Life and death in the Andes, on the trail of bandits, heroes, and revolutionaries, by Kim MacQuarrie

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

portraitsillustrationsphotographs

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Life and death in the Andes

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

919451696

Responsibility statement

by Kim MacQuarrie

Sub title

on the trail of bandits, heroes, and revolutionaries

Summary

"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

Table Of Contents

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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