Aimé Tschiffely

Southern Cross to Pole Star (eBook, ePUB)

Tschiffely's Ride

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Aimé Tschiffely had an unlikely dream: to ride 10,000 miles from Buenos Aires to New York City. On 23 April 1925 this quiet, unassuming schoolteacher, with little equestrian experience, set out on his epic journey. His only companions were two native Argentine horses called Mancha and Gato.

Together the trio traversed the Pampas, scaled the Andes and swam across the crocodile-infested rivers of Colombia. Along the way they were assailed by vampire bats, mistaken for gods and stalked by hostile revolutionaries. After two harrowing years, the man who had originally been labelled 'a lunatic' by the press was accorded a ticker-tape parade when he rode triumphantly through the streets of New York.

SOUTHERN CROSS TO POLE STAR is a classic of the travelwriting genre, ready to reawaken the spirit of adventure in all those who dare to dream big.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781781857199
• Artikelnr.: 40780583

Autorenporträt

AIME TSCHIFFELY worked as a teacher, footballer and boxer before developing a passion for riding. The success of TSCHIFFELY'S RIDE made him a household name.