TSCHIFFELY'S RIDE

by A. F. Tschiffely ‧ RELEASE DATE: N/A

A unique sort of travel book, and one that is particularly entertaining reading in connection with AndrÉ Siegfried's IMPRESSIONS OF SOUTH AMERICA (reviewed below). It is a fascinating personal narrative, an account of a ride which lasted over two years, which took the author through steamy tropical jungles, over 16,000 foot Andean ranges, across deserts, and through the midst of savage tribes. From Buenos Aires to Washington he went, with two Argentine horses as comrades; ten thousand miles in the saddle! Gifted with a keen power of observation, with a sympathetic interest in his fellows, and with a rare devotion to his almost human companions, the two horses, Tschiffely has told a romantic and adventurous tale, and told it simply, without using any of the usual trimmings for creating atmosphere. A book for armchair travelers, for lovers of horses, for readers interested in studying social aspects of the widely scattered and virtually uncivilized peoples who make up a large section of our South American neighbors.

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Publisher: Simon & Schuster

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 1933

Categories: NONFICTION