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Combining history with culture, the ocean with exploration, and risk with triumph—this rich offering is the only picture book account of Thor Heyerdahl's world-famous Kon-Tiki expedition, during which he sailed a raft 5,000 miles from the coast of South America to the islands of the South Pacific.
Author Deborah Kogan Ray clearly and succinctly sets up how Norwegian anthropologist Heyerdahl became convinced that ancient Peruvians arrived in the South Pacific via raft, why he wanted to re-create the voyage, and how he planned for it. She uses primary-source quotations on each spread to shore up the factual history of the events portrayed in the book. Her illustrations add emotion to this harrowing journey.
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About the Author
Deborah Kogan Ray has illustrated many books for children and particularly enjoys depicting the natural world as she did in such books as Apple Picking Time (Crown) and Jackrabbit (Crown). She lives near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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“Impossible!” declared the famous professor, shaking his head at Thor Heyerdahl.
It was not the first time the young Norwegian anthropologist had received such a response to his research project. He had arrived in New York City hopeful that scholars would be open to his theory that ancient Incans from South America had voyaged by raft to the islands of the South Pacific. But despite the evidence he presented, his idea was dismissed as speculation.
“Are you willing to try a forty-three-hundred-mile ocean trip on a primitive wooden raft to prove it can be done?” asked the professor, chuckling.
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- PublisherCharlesbridge
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 1580896200
- ISBN 13 9781580896207
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages40
- IllustratorRay Deborah Kogan
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