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Life and Death in the Andes: On the Trail of Bandits, Heroes, and Revolutionaries
Life and Death in the Andes On the Trail of Bandits Heroes and Revolutionaries Author:Kim MacQuarrie Unique portraits of legendary characters along South America?s mountain spine, from Charles Darwin to the present day, told by a master traveler and observer. — The Andes Mountains are the world?s longest mountain chain, linking most of the countries in South America. Emmy Award?winning filmmaker Kim MacQuarrie takes us on a historical journey th... more »rough this unique region, bringing fresh insight and contemporary connections to such fabled characters as Charles Darwin, Pablo Escobar, Che Guevara, and many others. He describes the floating islands of Lake Titicaca, where people?s lives depend entirely on a reed that grows there. He introduces us to a Patagonian woman who is the last living speaker of her language, as he explores the disappearance of indigenous cultures throughout the Andes. He meets a man whose grandfather witnessed Butch Cassidy?s last days in Bolivia and the school teacher who gave Che Guevara his final meal.
Through the stories he shares, MacQuarrie raises such questions as, where did the people of South America come from? Did they create or import their cultures? What makes South America different from other continents?and what makes the cultures of the Andes different from other cultures in South America? Why did Peru?s Shining Path leader Guzmán nearly succeed in his revolutionary quest while Che Guevara failed in Bolivia? And what so astounded Charles Darwin in South America that led him to conceive the theory of evolution? Deeply observed and beautifully written, Adventures in the Andes shows us this land as no one has before.« less
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