Equator
A Journey
Published on 9. September 2014
464 pages
978-1-4976-7647-3 (ISBN)
Description
Widely considered a jewel of contemporary travel literature,
Equatoris Thurston Clarke's magnificent, witty account of his solo journey along the earth's torrid midsection-a grueling twenty-five-thousand-mile odyssey that spanned three years and as many continents. His was a perilous trek across an almost surreal landscape-where a first-class hotel appeared smack in the middle of a leper colony and a one-time Pacific island paradise stood as a hideous, bomb-blasted testament to nuclear folly. Along the way Clarke encountered the world's heaviest rat, the earth's highest volcano, and the king of a Micronesian island, wearing flip-flops and a novelty T-shirt. Throughout, Clarke's unflagging sense of humor and wonder make
Equatora classic of its kind.
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03/1990
Harper Perennial
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Person
Thurston Clarke is the author of eleven highly acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction, including three New York Times Notable Books. His
Pearl Harbor Ghosts was the basis of a CBS documentary, and his bestselling
Lost Hero was made into an award-winning NBC miniseries.
The Last Campaign was a
New York Times hardcover bestseller. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and other awards. He has written for
Vanity Fair,
Outside,
Glamour,
Men's Journal, the
New York Times, and numerous other publications.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
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- Acknowledgments
- Copyright Page
