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  • CALL THE NEW WORLD. by Jennings, John.
    Jennings, John.
    CALL THE NEW WORLD.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Macmillan, 1941. dj. Hardcover first edition - An historical novel which follows the adventures of Peter Brooks. After being unjustly cashiered from the American Army during the War of 1812, he went to South America and followed Simon Bolivar and fought with him in Venezuela, and then with General San Martin in Chile and Peru. Map endpapers. ix, 459 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (price-clipped, light edgewear)

    Book ID: 84276
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  • Urrutia, Virginia.
    TWO WHEELS & A TAXI: A Slightly Daft Adventure in the Andes.

    Edition: First printing.

    Seattle: The Mountaineers, (1987). dj. Hardcover first edition - Proving that adventure is not just something for the young, in this,her first book, a 70 year old grandmother Urrutia recounts her adventures bicycling all over the Andes in Ecuador - on a fat tired, single speed bike, accompanied by a 35 year-old taxi driver-guide-translator, a father of five who had never before ventured so far from Quito. Illustrated with drawings by Betsy James. Map, vii, 246 pp. ISBN: 0-898861411.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 38755
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