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What does the world's most famous equestrian explorer do when he comes home to England after making a 10, 000 mile ride from Argentina to Washington, DC? He writes a best-selling book about his adventures, "Tschiffely's Ride", then sets off on a new horse to explore rural 1930s Britain. Through the ancient New Forest, over the lonely mountains of Wales, and across the rugged landscape of Scotland, the renowned author investigated the nooks and...

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The "Little Princess Turtle Dove" of the title is a delightful child who is the daughter of the Inca, or king, who brought peace and prosperity to the Indians. A mysterious woman grants her the power to talk to, and understand, animals. Unfortunately Turtle Dove's eldest brother, the Inca's heir, turned into a nasty old man who bullied his subjects and his sisters. He locks her and her sisters up in prison, from which Turtle Dove is rescued by...

Nel 1925 un tranquillo svizzero senza pretese, che aveva alle spalle solo una modesta esperienza equestre, diventò il protagonista di un'impresa eccezionale: un viaggio a cavallo attraverso il continente americano, dall'Argentina allo stato di New York. E lo fece con i discendenti dei cavalli dei conquistatori spagnoli, due Criollo argentini. Riuscì nel suo intento perché conosceva la storia di questa razza: decenni prima che il mondo riscopri...

Aime Tschiffely's thrilling account of his 10, 000-mile journey on horseback from Buenos Aires to New York.

Es un libro que The Long Riders' Guild Press ofrece a los niños: está escrito para ellos. Los mil episodios plenos de aventura y de sana emoción que se sucedieron durante los dos años que duró el arriesgado viaje están narrados, como se hace en las fábulas, por Mancha y Gato: ellos mismos relatan sus peripecias. Era un maestro de escuela que ambicionaba realizar una gran empreso. ¿Cuál podia ser? Su espíritu romántico, con algo de aventurer y ...

From the southeast coast of South America through an expanse of Peruvian sands en route to the West Coast, then onward through Central American jungles and rainforest, and finally to New York, Tschiffely's journey was considered impossible and absurd by many newspaper writers in 1925. However, after two and a half years on horseback with two of his trusty and tough steeds, this daring trekker lived to tell his best-selling tale. Tschiffely's 1...

Niemand, der sie ansah, war sich bewusst, daß dies ein Held und seine zwei Pferde waren. Stattdessen verspottete die Lokalzeitung den jungen Mann als "einen Irren, der vorhat, quer durchs Land nach New York zu reiten." Wir schrieben das Jahr 1925. Der Ort: Buenos Aires, Argentinien. Ein junger Weitreiter namens Aime Tschiffely war dabei, in die Geschichte des Wanderreitens einzugehen. Neben ihm seine zwei treuen Criollopferde, Mancha und Gato....

What does the world's most famous equestrian explorer do when he comes home to England after making a 10, 000 mile ride from Argentina to Washington, DC? He writes a best-selling book about his adventures, "Tschiffely's Ride", then sets off on a new horse to explore rural 1930s Britain.Through the ancient New Forest, over the lonely mountains of Wales, and across the rugged landscape of Scotland, the renowned author investigated the nooks and ...

No one knew they were looking at a hero and his two horses. Instead the local press derided him as "a lunatic proposing to ride overland to New York."The time was 1925. The place, Buenos Aires, Argentina.Standing on the threshold of equestrian travel history was a young Swiss Long Rider named Aimé Tschiffely. Next to him were his two faithful Criollo horses, Mancha and Gato. Their collective goal was to ride more than ten thousand miles from B...

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