House Of The Tiger King A Jungle Obsession

Author : Tahir Shah
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 1783011122
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book House of the Tiger King written by Tahir Shah and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2013-04-12 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Spanish Conquistadors swept through Peru in the sixteenth century, they were searching for great golden treasure. In 1572 they stormed the Inca stronghold of Vilcabamba, only to find the city deserted, burned,a nd already stripped of its wealth. According to legend the Incas had retreated deep into the jungle where they built another magnificent city in an inaccessible quarter of the cloud forest.For more than four centuries explorers and adventurers, archaeologists and warrior-priests have searched for the gold and riches of the Incas, and this lost city of Paititi, known by the local Machiguenga tribe as 'The House of the Tiger King'.After the lost city obsession had gnawed away at Tahir Shah for almost a decade, he could stand it no more. He put together an expedition and set out into Peru's Madre de Dios jungle, the densest cloud forest on earth. He teamed up with Pancho, a Machiguenga warrior who asserted that in his youth he came upon a massive series of stone ruins deep in the jungle. Pancho's ambition was to leave the jungle and visit a 'live', bustling city, so the two men made a pact: if Pancho took Shah to Paititi, then Shah would take Pancho to the Peruvian capital.House of the Tiger King is the tale of Shah's remarkable adventure to find the greatest lost city of the Americas, and the treasure of the Incas. Along the way he found himself considering others who have spent decades in pursuit of lost cities, and asks why anyone would find it necessary to mount such a quest at all.

Author : Tahir Shah
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1291497110
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book House of the Tiger King Paperback written by Tahir Shah and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Spanish Conquistadors swept through Peru in the sixteenth century, they were searching for great golden treasure. In 1572 they stormed the Inca stronghold of Vilcabamba, only to find the city deserted, burned, a nd already stripped of its wealth. According to legend the Incas had retreated deep into the jungle where they built another magnificent city in an inaccessible quarter of the cloud forest. For more than four centuries explorers and adventurers, archaeologists and warrior-priests have searched for the gold and riches of the Incas, and this lost city of Paititi, known by the local Machiguenga tribe as 'The House of the Tiger King'. House of the Tiger King is the tale of Shah's remarkable adventure to find the greatest lost city of the Americas, and the treasure of the Incas. Along the way he found himself considering others who have spent decades in pursuit of lost cities, and asks why anyone would find it necessary to mount such a quest at all.

Author : Tahir Shah
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ISBN 13 : 9780719566127
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book House of the Tiger King written by Tahir Shah and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1572, the Spanish Conquistadors stormed the Inca stronghold of Vilcabamba in Peru, searching for golden treasure, only to find the city deserted, burned, and already stripped of its wealth. Myth has it that the Incas had retreated deep into the jungle, where they built another magnificent, secret city. For centuries, explorers, adventurers and archaeologists have searched for the lost city and its gold, known by locals as 'The House of the Tiger King'. Falling victim to this obsession himself, Tahir Shah selects a motley team of desperados for an expedition into the dense jungle in search of the lost city. As his thrilling but ultimately hapless quest unfolds, Shah is drawn to considering why such legends are so enduring.

Author : Tahir Shah
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1291497005
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book House of the Tiger King, Dyslexic edition written by Tahir Shah and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-09-29 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Spanish Conquistadors swept through Peru in the sixteenth century, they were searching for great golden treasure. In 1572 they stormed the Inca stronghold of Vilcabamba, only to find the city deserted, burned, a nd already stripped of its wealth. According to legend the Incas had retreated deep into the jungle where they built another magnificent city in an inaccessible quarter of the cloud forest. After the lost city obsession had gnawed away at Tahir Shah for almost a decade, he could stand it no more. He put together an expedition and set out into Peru's Madre de Dios jungle, the densest cloud forest on earth. House of the Tiger King is the tale of Shah's remarkable adventure to find the greatest lost city of the Americas, and the treasure of the Incas. Along the way he found himself considering others who have spent decades in pursuit of lost cities, and asks why anyone would find it necessary to mount such a quest at all

Author : Tahir Shah
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 1783011734
Total Pages : 2011 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Complete Collection of Travel Literature written by Tahir Shah and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2013-07-17 with total page 2011 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition brings together Tahir Shah's full collection of travel writing: from India to Africa to South America, join the author on his unusual adventures and expeditions around the world. Shah's overwhelming laugh-out-loud style is present as he educates, informs, and amuses readers about the locations and people he discovers on his journeys.

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Total Pages : 342 pages
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Author : Arthur James Wells
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Total Pages : 1664 pages
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Author : Steve Oh
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ISBN 13 : 9780646414645
Total Pages : 370 pages
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Download or read book Tiger, King of the Golden Jungle written by Steve Oh and published by . This book was released on 2001-06-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rudyard Kipling
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Total Pages : 334 pages
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Author : American Film Institute
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520079083
Total Pages : 1198 pages
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