Unique portraits of legendary characters along South America's mountain spine, from Charles Darwin to the present day, told by a mastertraveler and observer. The Andes Mountains are the world's longestmountain chain, linking most of the countries in South America. EmmyAward-winning filmmaker and author Kim MacQuarrie takes us on ahistorical journey through this unique region, bringing fresh insightand contemporary connections to such fabled characters as CharlesDarwin, Pablo Escobar, Che Guevara, and many others. He describes thefloating islands of Lake Titicaca, where people's lives depend entirelyon a reed that grows there. He introduces us to a Patagonian woman whois the last living speaker of her language, as he explores thedisappearance and sometimes surprising resiliency of indigenous cultures throughout the Andes. He meets a man whose grandfather witnessed ButchCassidy's last days in Bolivia, tracks down the ballet dancer who oncehid the leader of the brutal Shining Path in her home, and hears aharrowing story from the school teacher who gave Che Guevara his finalmeal. Through the stories he shares, MacQuarrie raises such questionsas, where did the people of South America come from? Did they create orimport their cultures? What makes South America different from othercontinents--and what makes the cultures of the Andes different fromother cultures in South America? Why did Peru's Shining Path leaderGuzman nearly succeed in his revolutionary quest while Che Guevara inBolivia so quickly failed? And what so astounded Charles Darwin in South America that led him to conceive the theory of evolution? Deeplyobserved and beautifully written, Life and Death in the Andes shows usthis land as no one has before"-- Provided by publisher.
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