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OverviewWhen Christopher Hunt set off in search of Vietnam's notorious Ho Chi Minh Trail, he hardly expected to end up on a rickety, Russian-made motorcycle navigating 5,000 kilometers of paths rarely traveled by tourists and on roads missing from maps. Hunt left the United States expecting to explore the 1,700-kilometer highway that was once the supply route for the North Vietnamese Army. He soon found himself roaming the Vietnamese countryside in need of help and direction. In the process, he found that being an American in Vietnam conjured constant reminders of the past and encountered a country and a people poised precariously between the ancient and the modern. With adventure, wit, and an eye for the absurd, Hunt goes beyond the newspaper headlines and myths about Vietnam to capture the color and complexity of Vietnam today. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Christopher Hunt , Professor Grover Gardner , Professor Grover GardnerPublisher: Blackstone Publishing Imprint: Blackstone Publishing Edition: Library Edition Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 16.60cm Weight: 0.290kg ISBN: 9780786198047ISBN 10: 0786198044 Publication Date: 01 December 2000 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsWhimsical...a fascinating and fun book to read. -- Library Journal Hunt provides a sometimes amusing and often insightful look at this country...Tom Parker is clear, well paced, and sensitive to the nuances of the work in his reading of this cleverly written text. -- AudioFile This work captures a sense of sadness fused with a rush of adrenaline as Vietnam is once again reborn. -- Publishers Weekly Christopher Hunt makes a lively travel companion. -- New York Times Book Review Christopher Hunt makes a lively travel companion. -- New York Times Book Review Hunt provides a sometimes amusing and often insightful look at this country...Tom Parker is clear, well paced, and sensitive to the nuances of the work in his reading of this cleverly written text. -- AudioFile This work captures a sense of sadness fused with a rush of adrenaline as Vietnam is once again reborn. -- Publishers Weekly Whimsical...a fascinating and fun book to read. -- Library Journal Author InformationChristopher Hunt was born in New York City and grew up in Beirut. He graduated from Dartmouth College and the London School of Economics before working as a staff reporter for the Wall Street Journal and the Economist. Author P. J. O'Rourke said of Hunt, It is the job of the travel writer to have an awful time, and Christopher Hunt is an expert in his profession. Grover Gardner is an award-winning narrator with over eight hundred titles to his credit. Named one of the Best Voices of the Century and a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, he has won three prestigious Audie Awards, was chosen Narrator of the Year for 2005 by Publishers Weekly, and has earned more than thirty Earphones Awards. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |