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Published 1992: First Edition / Hardcover / Very Good Condition / Illustrated throughout

Original red and green cloth with gilt titles on the spine and original pictorial dust jacket in removable protective wraps. 229 very clean and bright pages. Slight shelf wear. (HQ236)

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Chaplin picks up the tiller and sets off for the darker side of Central America in a travel adventure that is part pirate story, part exploration, and entirely entertaining. What he finds along the way is a compelling story about travel and the discovery of self... Google Books

A journalist voyages to Central America to view firsthand the exotic, sometimes seamy life along the coast and retraces the route of a long dead relative, Frederick Catherwood, who had taken part in an archeological excavation of Maya ruins

Gordon Chaplin is the author of the novel Joyride and several works of non-fiction, including Dark Wind: A Survivors Tale of Love and Loss: Full Fathom Five: Ocean Warming and a Father's Legacy, and Fever Coast Log: at Sea in Central America. A former journalist for Newsweek, the Baltimore Sun, and the Washington Post, he has worked on marine conservation with the Baja group Niparaja and since 2003 has been a research associate with the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. He lives with his wife Sarah and young daughter Rosie in New York City and Hebron, NY, and is the father of two older daughters, Diana and Julia.

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