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Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas
Old Patagonian Express By Train Through the Americas
Author: Paul Theroux
The "old Patagonian Express" was the last train Paul Theroux took in his journey from Boston to Patagonia. Some of the trains were superb, but most were deplorable and the journey was one of contrasts in people, in temperature, in scenery, in altitude, and in attitude. The people, extraordinary, eccentric, replusive, individualistic: the appalli...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780241102855
ISBN-10: 0241102855
Publication Date: 9/24/1979
Pages: 384
Edition: First Edition
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Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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A travel log at it's best!
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Fantastic, as usual for Theroux - very exciting journey through all the extremes of the Americas.
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Following the continuous track of railways from his home in Boston to the Great Plain of Patagonia in southern Argentina, Paul Theroux sets out on an adventure of incredible variety, startling contrasts and danger.