Author: Nick Thorpe
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743233255
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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8 Men and a Duck charts the hilarious and unnerving Pacific voyage as it rolls between waves of high drama and high farce: from the five-day launch off a Chilean beach, to the bungled phone call that triggered a naval rescue alert, to the sad fate of Pedro the duck, to the constant race against the inexorable sinking of the soggy hull. On a fateful South American bus trip, journalist Nick Thorpe overheard some fellow passengers discussing an improbable plan to sail 2,500 miles from northern Chile to Easter Island on the Viracocha—a boat made of reeds. The crew's aim in reviving this pre-Incan boat-building technology was twofold: to reopen the controversial migration theories of Thor Heyerdahl, who sailed his boat the Kon-Tiki from Peru to Polynesia in 1947, and to have one heck of an adventure in the process. Thorpe talked his way on board Captain Phil Buck's Viracocha only to find himself plagued by uncertainty. Why did the crew include a tree surgeon, a jewelry salesman, and two ducks? What happened to the navigator? Did anybody actually know how to sail? And, most important, where was the life raft? Despite the best efforts of storms and sharks and fast-moving freighters, an alarming lack of sailing qualifications, and a rival explorer dogging the adventure at every turn, the crew members of the Viracocha lived to tell their extraordinary tale right through to its wickedly unexpected conclusion. Nick Thorpe's account is by turns funny, touching, and thrilling—a story of friendship, fate, and the unlikely distances people will go for real adventure.
8 Men and a Duck
Boot and Shoe Recorder
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Category : Shoes
Languages : en
Pages : 1582
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Category : Shoes
Languages : en
Pages : 1582
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The Ducks ...
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Languages : en
Pages : 446
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Pages : 446
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New York Magazine
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Languages : en
Pages : 214
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New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
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Languages : en
Pages : 214
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New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
C. B. Cones & Son Mfg. Company V. United States of America
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Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Languages : en
Pages : 100
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House documents
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Languages : en
Pages : 946
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Languages : en
Pages : 946
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Federal Register
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Category : Delegated legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 694
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Category : Delegated legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 694
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Biennial Report
Author: Oregon State Board of Control
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Category : Asylums
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The First biennial report [October 1, 1912-September 30, 1914] contains also the act known as the "Board of control law" and reports of the institutions for the biennial period ending September 30, 1914.
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Category : Asylums
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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The First biennial report [October 1, 1912-September 30, 1914] contains also the act known as the "Board of control law" and reports of the institutions for the biennial period ending September 30, 1914.
Biennial Report of the Oregon State Board of Control
Author: Oregon State Board of Control
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Category : Public institutions
Languages : en
Pages : 1050
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Category : Public institutions
Languages : en
Pages : 1050
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English composition, by W. Davidson and J.C. Alcock. [With] Key
Author: William Davidson (B.A.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Pages : 136
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