by Nick Thorpe · Abacus Non-Fiction · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780349114545
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«Eight Men and a Duck» is Nick Thorpe's travel book, published by Abacus Non-Fiction in paperback (320 pages, in English).
Nick Thorpe joins Phil Buck's expedition, which aims to sail from Chile to Easter Island on a reed raft to test whether Polynesia could have been colonized from South America, as Thor Heyerdahl argued. The inexperienced crew, with two ducks on board, turns the crossing into a comic adventure of storms and sharks.
The book carries the subtitle 'An Improbable Voyage by Reed Boat to Easter Island' and this paperback edition was published in May 2003.
Recommended for fans of travel literature and true adventure stories.
