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Archeologist Lawrence Griswold never went looking for trouble, but in his quest for knowledge about the ancient Mayans, trouble found him. While digging for answers about this mysterious culture, he mixed with cannibals and headhunters, killer cats and Komodo dragons. This book, writes the author, "is not an autobiography. These are stories of travel and trouble. The adventures of a peripatetic archeologist and his associates during a period of sixteen years and a distance of over four hundred thousand miles include a lot of both." This is a fascinating look at an adventurer who nonetheless didn't set out specifically to look for adventure. "Adventures, in retrospect, are pieces of extremely bad luck that missed a fatal ending. One or the other, tragedy or comedy -- it's never adventure while it's going on."
| ISBN | 1570900434 | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9781570900433
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 410 | | Publisher | Alexander Books | | Published in | Alexander | | Imprint | Alexander Books | | Series ISSN | 01 | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Resnick's Library of Worldwide Adventure (Paperback) | | Publication date | 23 Apr 2001 | | Height (mm) | 229 | | Library of Congress | 97030889 | | Width (mm) | 152 | | DEWEY | 910.4 | | Spine width (mm) | 15 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | General | | Pages | 276 | |
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