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In the Footsteps of Adam

The compelling story of one of the world's great explorers!

By Thor Heyerdahl

$30.00 US; $24.95 Can | ISBN: 189462212X | 240 Pages | Trade Cloth

Thor Heyerdahl's research showed that ancient South Americans sailed to the far reaches of the Pacific. When his fellow scientists scoffed at the idea, he decided to test his theory by building a raft and sailing it across the Pacific himself.

Despite the naysayers, Thor and his crew survived their voyage, and the 1947 KON-TIKI Expedition became a worldwide sensation. Heyerdahl's book about his adventure became a bestseller and inspired many more such explorations, including his own RA and TIGRIS voyages.

In this memoir, written near the end of Thor's life (he died in 2002 at age 87), he vividly recalls a life filled with adventure, daring and wonder at the world, moving from his childhood in a small town in Norway to action in World War II through numerous sailing experiments that brought him into contact with leaders as diverse as Harry Truman, Fidel Castro, Mikhail Gorbachev and Saddam Hussein.

This evocative voyage through the memories of an extraordinary man whose experiences and passionate advocacy awoke the world to many issues that continue to resonate -- the destruction of the oceans, the futility of war, the wisdom of so-called primitive cultures -- gives a compelling and enlightening view of the profound changes of the 20th century.

Thor Heyerdahl

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