The Kon-Tiki Expedition: By Raft Across the South Seas by Thor Heyerdahl
The Kon-Tiki Expedition: By Raft Across the South Seas

Thor Heyerdahl

The Kon-Tiki Expedition: By Raft Across the South Seas

Thor Heyerdahl

271 pages first pub 1948 (editions)

nonfiction history travel adventurous informative slow-paced
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This is the story of how Thor Heyderdahl and five other men crossed the Pacific Ocean on a balsa-wood raft in an extraordinary bid to prove Heyderdahl's theory that the Polynesians undertook the same feat on such a craft over 1000 years ago.

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adventurous: 94%

informative: 70%

inspiring: 68%

hopeful: 18%

reflective: 17%

funny: 13%

lighthearted: 10%

relaxing: 8%

challenging: 6%

emotional: 3%

tense: 3%

mysterious: 1%


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