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Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki Expedition

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An edition of A Hero for the Atomic Age (2010)

A Hero for the Atomic Age

Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki Expedition

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The story of how Heyerdahl managed to construct a raft that he sailed from Callao in Peru to the Tuamotu Islands in French Polynesia, and explains how he turned this physical crossing into an epic story that became imbued with a universal appeal.

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Peter Lang, Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Language
English
Pages
272

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Subjects
Heyerdahl, thor, 1914-2002, Kon-tiki ekspedisjonen (1947), Ethnology, polynesia, Pacific area, description and travel, Ethnology, Description and travel, Kon-Tiki ekspedisjonen (1947), Ethnology, oceania, Pacific ocean, description and travel

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Hero for the Atomic Age: Thor Heyerdahl and the «Kon-Tiki» Expedition
2022, Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
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Hero for the Atomic Age: Thor Heyerdahl and the «Kon-Tiki» Expedition
2022, Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
in English
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Cover of: Hero for the Atomic Age
Hero for the Atomic Age: Thor Heyerdahl and the «Kon-Tiki» Expedition
2022, Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
in English
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Hero for the Atomic Age: Thor Heyerdahl and the «Kon-Tiki» Expedition
2017, Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
in English
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A Hero for the Atomic Age: Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki Expedition
2010, Peter Lang, Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
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Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1 The Man and the Myth.
Chapter 2 Making the Kon-Tiki.
Chapter 3 From Raft to Brand.
Chapter 4 The Seamless Craft of Writing Legend.
Chapter 5 To Review a Classic.
Chapter 6 The Kon-Tiki Film and the Return to Realism.
Chapter 7 A Lone Hero of Adventurous Science.
Chapter 8 White Primitives and the Art of Being Exotic to Oneself.
Chapter 9 The New Postwar Sea and the Pacific Frontier.
Conclusion

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Oxford, UK

Classifications

Library of Congress
G306.H47 A53 2010, G530

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Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xi, 252p.
Number of pages
272
Dimensions
23.4 x 15.6 x centimeters
Weight
751 grams

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OL24371301M
Internet Archive
heroforatomicage0000ande
ISBN 10
1906165319
ISBN 13
9781906165314
LCCN
2010497629
OCLC/WorldCat
573340982

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