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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
For a moment I too, stood on Fatu-Hiva, with Liv & Thor.
Twenty years ago I read Heyerdahl's first book about his year-long stay on Fatu-Hiva. Now out of print, but renewed in this book, is the vivid recollection of his time when the rest of the world stood still and he and his new bride explored a strange new culture and began the process of discovery not only for themselves but for all of us
Published on July 2, 1997
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1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Generally a Good Read
This is one of those good kind of books that goes great with a rainy day and a cup of tea as you sit in your very normal surroundings imagining a place that is unimaginable. Beware, though, of the large portions of uninteresting zoological mumbojumbo, and even worse, the offensive and continuous ranting of the Darwin-religion rhetoric. Dig past the rubbish, and...
Published on September 20, 2002
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
For a moment I too, stood on Fatu-Hiva, with Liv & Thor.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Green Was the Earth on the Seventh Day (Hardcover)
Twenty years ago I read Heyerdahl's first book about his year-long stay on Fatu-Hiva. Now out of print, but renewed in this book, is the vivid recollection of his time when the rest of the world stood still and he and his new bride explored a strange new culture and began the process of discovery not only for themselves but for all of us
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Kon-Tiki's author eloquently describes his earliest years.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Green Was the Earth on the Seventh Day (Hardcover)
Before Kon-Tiki, Thor Heyerdahl and his young bride Liv
departed Norway for Polynesia, to escape European civilization
and live in complete harmony with nature. This beautiful and
impassioned memoir describes their time and lays the
philosophical and ethical groundwork for Heyerdahl's
remarkable career as an explorer/scientist and one of the
planet's premier environmentalists. Part memoir, part
environmental manifesto, this belongs on the bookshelf of
anyone who's dreamed of getting back to nature, or who has
any sort of environmental passion. An important book by one
of the most remarkable men of the century.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fatu Hiva born again...,
By Dave Roberts (Johannesburg, South Africa) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Green Was the Earth on the Seventh Day (Hardcover)
This is great book about Heyerdahl's adventures and philosophies before and which inspired Kon-Tiki. Unfortunately, for me, it is an exact, word-for-word copy of Fatu Hiva - except for the title.
1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Generally a Good Read,
By A Customer
This review is from: Green Was the Earth on the Seventh Day (Hardcover)
This is one of those good kind of books that goes great with a rainy day and a cup of tea as you sit in your very normal surroundings imagining a place that is unimaginable. Beware, though, of the large portions of uninteresting zoological mumbojumbo, and even worse, the offensive and continuous ranting of the Darwin-religion rhetoric. Dig past the rubbish, and you'll find something worthwhile. |
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Green Was the Earth on the Seventh Day by Thor Heyerdahl (Hardcover - March 12, 1996)
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