Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft by Thor Heyerdahl

Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft

Thor Heyerdahl

256 pages first pub 1948 (editions)

nonfiction history travel adventurous informative slow-paced
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"Kon-tiki" is the record of an astonishing adventure -- the journey of biologist Thor Heyerdahl across 4,300 nautical miles of the Pacific Ocean by raft. On April 28, 1947, he and five other adventurers sailed from Peru in an effort to duplicate t...

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based on 1,226 reviews

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adventurous: 96%

inspiring: 70%

informative: 68%

hopeful: 20%

reflective: 18%

funny: 12%

lighthearted: 11%

relaxing: 9%

challenging: 5%

emotional: 3%

tense: 3%

mysterious: 1%


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57% of readers chose medium
24% of readers chose slow
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