The Resource Walking the Americas : 1,800 miles, eight countries, and one incredible journey from Mexico to Colombia, Levison Wood
Walking the Americas : 1,800 miles, eight countries, and one incredible journey from Mexico to Colombia, Levison Wood
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The item Walking the Americas : 1,800 miles, eight countries, and one incredible journey from Mexico to Colombia, Levison Wood represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- "Starting in the Yucatán, Wood sets out on an epic walking voyage, moving through Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, travelling in the opposite direction along vital migrant routes. Journeying from sleepy barrios to glamourous cities to Mayan ruins lying unexcavated in the wilderness, Wood forges new relationships along the way that stand at the heart of this book--and the personal histories, cultures, and popular legends he discovers paint a riveting history of Mexico and Central America. While contending with the region's natural obstacles, he partakes in family meals with local hosts, learns to build an emergency shelter, and witnesses the surreal beauty of the landscapes. Finally, Wood attempts to cross one of the world's most impenetrable borders: The Darién Gap from Panama into south America, a notorious smuggling passage and the wildest jungle he has ever navigated."--Jacket flap
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
- Extent
- viii, 291 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
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- "First published in Great Britain in 2017 by Hodder & Stoughton, a Hachette UK company."--Title page verso
- Map on lining papers
- Contents
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- Hampton Court
- Mornings in Mexico
- The Americas
- Meeting an explorer
- Departure
- Yucatán
- Ruins
- Trouble in Paradise
- Boot camp
- Borderlands
- El Petén
- Barrios
- The ascent
- Escape to Nicaragua
- Land of fire
- Chirripó
- Paradise found
- Panama
- Crossing the Panama Canal
- The end of the road
- The last jungle
- The Darién Gap
- New Scotland
- Colombia
- Isbn
- 9780802127495
- Label
- Walking the Americas : 1,800 miles, eight countries, and one incredible journey from Mexico to Colombia
- Title
- Walking the Americas
- Title remainder
- 1,800 miles, eight countries, and one incredible journey from Mexico to Colombia
- Statement of responsibility
- Levison Wood
- Subject
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- trueCentral America -- Description and travel
- Hiking -- Central America
- trueTravel Writing -- Central and South America
- Wood, Levison, 1982- -- Travel -- Central America
- trueExploration
- trueSouth America -- Description and travel
- trueHiking
- trueVoyages and travels -- South America
- trueTravelers
- trueAdventure writing -- Adventure travel
- trueTravel Writing -- Modes of Transportation | On Foot
- Travel writing
- trueWalking
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Starting in the Yucatán, Wood sets out on an epic walking voyage, moving through Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, travelling in the opposite direction along vital migrant routes. Journeying from sleepy barrios to glamourous cities to Mayan ruins lying unexcavated in the wilderness, Wood forges new relationships along the way that stand at the heart of this book--and the personal histories, cultures, and popular legends he discovers paint a riveting history of Mexico and Central America. While contending with the region's natural obstacles, he partakes in family meals with local hosts, learns to build an emergency shelter, and witnesses the surreal beauty of the landscapes. Finally, Wood attempts to cross one of the world's most impenetrable borders: The Darién Gap from Panama into south America, a notorious smuggling passage and the wildest jungle he has ever navigated."--Jacket flap
- Summary
- From British explorer and internationally bestselling author Levison Wood, Walking the Americas is an inspiring and perceptive account of Wood’s 1,800-mile walk from Mexico to Colombia, chronicling the history, landscapes, and cultures he encounters along the way
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- 10625062
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1982-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wood, Levison
- Dewey number
- 910
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Wood, Levison
- Hiking
- Central America
- Target audience
- adult
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- 1,800 miles, eight countries, and one incredible journey from Mexico to Colombia
- Label
- Walking the Americas : 1,800 miles, eight countries, and one incredible journey from Mexico to Colombia, Levison Wood
- Note
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- "First published in Great Britain in 2017 by Hodder & Stoughton, a Hachette UK company."--Title page verso
- Map on lining papers
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Hampton Court -- Mornings in Mexico -- The Americas -- Meeting an explorer -- Departure -- Yucatán -- Ruins -- Trouble in Paradise -- Boot camp -- Borderlands -- El Petén -- Barrios -- The ascent -- Escape to Nicaragua -- Land of fire -- Chirripó -- Paradise found -- Panama -- Crossing the Panama Canal -- The end of the road -- The last jungle -- The Darién Gap -- New Scotland -- Colombia
- Control code
- ocn994319406
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
- Extent
- viii, 291 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780802127495
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)994319406
- Label
- Walking the Americas : 1,800 miles, eight countries, and one incredible journey from Mexico to Colombia, Levison Wood
- Note
-
- "First published in Great Britain in 2017 by Hodder & Stoughton, a Hachette UK company."--Title page verso
- Map on lining papers
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Hampton Court -- Mornings in Mexico -- The Americas -- Meeting an explorer -- Departure -- Yucatán -- Ruins -- Trouble in Paradise -- Boot camp -- Borderlands -- El Petén -- Barrios -- The ascent -- Escape to Nicaragua -- Land of fire -- Chirripó -- Paradise found -- Panama -- Crossing the Panama Canal -- The end of the road -- The last jungle -- The Darién Gap -- New Scotland -- Colombia
- Control code
- ocn994319406
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
- Extent
- viii, 291 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780802127495
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)994319406
Subject
- trueAdventure writing -- Adventure travel
- trueCentral America -- Description and travel
- trueExploration
- trueHiking
- Hiking -- Central America
- trueSouth America -- Description and travel
- trueTravel Writing -- Central and South America
- trueTravel Writing -- Modes of Transportation | On Foot
- Travel writing
- trueTravelers
- trueVoyages and travels -- South America
- trueWalking
- Wood, Levison, 1982- -- Travel -- Central America
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