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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100375702652
ISBN-139780375702655
eBay Product ID (ePID)1113984
Product Key Features
Book TitleChasing Che : a Motorcycle Journey in Search of the Guevara Legend
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2000
TopicSouth America / General, Special Interest / Adventure, Political, Latin America / General
IllustratorYes
GenreTravel, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorPatrick Symmes
Book SeriesVintage Departures Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight8.7 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-039127
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal918/.0439/092
SynopsisIntrepid journalist Patrick Symmes sets off on his BMW R80 G/S in search of the people and places in Ernesto "Che" Guevara's classic Motorcycle Diaries , seeking out his own adventure as well as the legacy of the icon Che would become, Symmes retraces the future revolutionary's path. And on the way he runs out of gas in an Argentine desert, talks a Peruvian guerrilla out of taking him hostage, wipes out in the Andes, and, in Cuba, drinks himself blind with Che's travel partner, Alberto Granado. Here is the unforgettable story of a wanderer's quest for food, shelter, and wisdom. Here, too, is the portrait of a continent whose dreams of utopia give birth not only to freedom fighters, but also to tyrants whose methods include torture and mass killing. Masterfully detailed, insightful, unforgettable, Chasing Che transfixes us with the glory of the open road, where man and machine traverse the unknown in search of the spirit's keenest desires.