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Life and Death in the Andes: On the Trail of Bandits, Heroes, and Revolutionaries

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“A thoughtfully observed shuttle memoir and history as richly detailed as it is deeply felt” (Kirkus Reviews) of South The united states, from Butch Cassidy to Che Guevara to cocaine king Pablo Escobar to Charles Darwin, all set in the Andes Mountains.

The Andes Mountains are the world’s longest mountain chain, linking a few of the countries in South The united states. Kim MacQuarrie takes us on a historical journey through this unique region, bringing fresh insight and recent connections to such fabled characters as Charles Darwin, Che Guevara, Pablo Escobar, Butch Cassidy, Thor Heyerdahl, and others. He describes living on the floating islands of Lake Titcaca. He introduces us to a Patagonian woman who is the last living speaker of her language. We meet the woman who cared for the wounded Che Guevara just before he died, the police officer who captured cocaine king Pablo Escobar, the dancer who hid Shining Path guerrilla Abimael Guzman, and a man whose grandfather witnessed the death of Butch Cassidy.

Collectively these stories let us know something about the spirit of South The united states. What makes South The united states different from other continents—and what makes the cultures of the Andes different from other cultures found there? How did the capitalism introduced by the Spaniards change South The united states? Why did Shining Path leader Guzman nearly succeed in his revolutionary quest whilst Che Guevara in Bolivia was once a complete failure in his?

“MacQuarrie writes smartly and engagingly and with…enthusiasm about the variety of South The united states’s life and landscape” (The New York Times Book Review) in Life and Death in the Andes. In line with the writer’s own deeply observed travels, “this can be a well-written, immersive work that history aficionados, particularly those with an affinity for Latin The united states, will relish” (Library Journal).

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