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The Cloud Garden
Paul Winder
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Description for The Cloud Garden
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The Darién Gap is a place of legend. The only break in the Pan-American highway, which runs from Alaska to the tip of South America, it is an almost impregnable strip of swamp, jungle and cloud forest between the vast landmasses of North and South America. Stories of abduction and murder there are rife and in recent years more people have successfully climbed Everest or trekked to the South Pole than have crossed the Darién Gap.
In 2000, Tom Hart Dyke, a young botanist, set off to Central America with one thing on his mind: orchids. He knew ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552165716
SKU
V9780552165716
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About Paul Winder
Biography for Tom Hart Dyke is a botanist whose wild enthusiasm for plants in a Channel 4 To the Ends of the Earth documentary led Kathryn Flett of the Observer to describe him as 'the new David Bellamy'. Biography for Paul Winder is an inveterate traveller and explorer. When he isn't hacking his way through the jungle ... Read more
Reviews for The Cloud Garden
'Funny, engrossing and moving... Throughout the dark days, the luminous personalities of Hart Dyke and Winder shine through'
Guardian
'Part adventure story, part travel memoir, part personal revelation, The Cloud Garden is one of the most exciting and interesting books I have read for years'
Sunday Telegraph
'Truly captivating'
The Scotsman
'A terrifying but ... Read more
Guardian
'Part adventure story, part travel memoir, part personal revelation, The Cloud Garden is one of the most exciting and interesting books I have read for years'
Sunday Telegraph
'Truly captivating'
The Scotsman
'A terrifying but ... Read more