Sparring With Charlie: Motorbiking Down the Ho Chi Minh Trail [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Hunt, Christopher

 
9780385481281: Sparring With Charlie: Motorbiking Down the Ho Chi Minh Trail [Lingua Inglese]
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ISBN 10: 0385481284 ISBN 13: 9780385481281
Casa editrice: Anchor Books, 1996

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A young American's humorous chronicle of his unlikely journey down the Ho Chi Minh Trail in contemporary Vietnam follows his encounters with the curious locals, a retired North Vietnamese general, and an MIA searcher from the Pentagon. Original. Tour.

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pher Hunt set off in search of Vietnam's notorious Ho Chi Minh Trail, he hardly expected to end up on a rickety, Russian-made motorcycle navigating 5,000 kilometers of paths rarely traveled by tourists and on roads missing from maps.

Hunt left the United States expecting to explore the 1,700-kilometer highway that was once the supply route for the North Vietnamese Army. He soon found himself roaming the Vietnamese countryside in need of help and direction. In the process, he found that being an American in Vietnam conjured constant reminders of the past and encountered a country and a people poised precariously between the ancient and the modern.

With adventure, wit, and an eye for the absurd, Christopher Hunt goes beyond the newspaper headlines and myths about Vietnam to capture the color and complexity of Vietnam today.

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Editore
Anchor Books
Data di pubblicazione
1996
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0385481284
ISBN 13 
9780385481281
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
289
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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