About this title: Aime Tschiffely had been teaching in Argentina for almost a decade when he conceived his astounding plan: to travel from Buenos Aires to New York - 10,000 miles - on horseback. In April 1925, Tschiffely set out with two native Argentine horses, Mancha and Gato, and with rugged determination, the trio traversed the pampas, scaled the Bolivian Andes, struggled through Peruvian sands, swam the crocodile- infested rivers of Columbia, and fought their way through the jungles of Panama. They crossed Central America through countries devastated by years of war to reach Washington D.C., followed by a ...
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Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Heinemann, London
Date Published: 1947
Description: Good in Good/ Fair jacket. Used hardback in good condition, some repairs have been made to dust jacket around edges but in reasonably good condition, text clean. This is the account of 10, 000 mile in the saddle through the Americas from Argentina to Washington. The bok tells the story of how he rode his two horses over prairie, mountain, swamp and desert all the ten thousand miles from Buenos Aires tom Washington. Contains some photographs. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton, London, England
Date Published: 1952
Description: Good in Fair jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hardcover with green boards and pictorial dust jacket, First Edition, 500gms, 288 pages, blank endpapers. Tschiffely's Ride is the account of 10, 000 miles in the saddle through the Americas from Argentina to Washington. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear, very mild discolouration to pages, pen inscription on inside front page, newspaper cutout pasted to inside front page. Dust Jacket is in fair condition with moderate shelf ... read more
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